President Obama Keeps Ben Bernanke As Fed Chairman For 2ND Term
Today, President Obama is expected to announce, from Martha’s Vineyard before the market opens at 9:00 AM, that he will keep Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve Chairman. Bernanke was nominated at the Federal Reserve in 2005 by George W. Bush to replace Alan Greenspan after Greenspan’s 18 years tenure. Bernanke enjoys a fairly broad support […]
CIA Torture: AG Holder Nominates John Durham As Prosecutor
After the release of a CIA torture report today, AG Holder made the announcement that the DOJ will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate if federal laws were violated in connection of detainees in US custody overseas under the Bush administration.
Doctors Without Borders:Bringing Help To The Helpless Worldwide
Doctors Without Borders was founded in 1971. It is an international independent medical humanitarian organization delivering emergency help to people whose survival is threatened by violence, negligence or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflicts, epidemics, malnutrition, natural disasters and exclusion from health care. Doctors Without Borders operates in more than 60 countries with an international […]
Media & Health Care: 30 Percent Of Americans Say “Death Panels” Claims Are True
The latest Pew Research Center survey, released 2 days ago, illustrates again that the American public has a hard time focusing its attention on more than just one news story at a time. A few weeks ago, it was the death of Michael Jackson receiving non-stop coverage from the media, and of course occupying in […]
Is Iraq On The Brink Of A Full Blown Civil War?
Wednesday, a massive truck bomb (see photo) killed 95 people, and left at least 600 wounded, in Baghdad. It was the country most violent day in 18 months, and it follows the dramatic attack increase of the last few weeks.
