Obama's healthcare gap: Persistent:
The vocal few standing up at summer "town hall'' meetings with complaints about the president's proposed healthcare reforms aren't the only ones with concerns, polling shows.

Senators propose changes to OSH Act
In the U.S. Senate last week, between the debate and the vote on judge Sonia Sotomayor to serve as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced S. 1580, on behalf of Senator Edward Kennedy, a bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. As far as I can tell, its text is nearly identical to H.R. 2067 , the bill introduced in April by Cong. Lynn Woolsey.

Opinion Matters Will YOU resort to violence?
Will YOU resort to violence? Much has recently been said about the beating of a man by union "thugs" at a townhall meeting.
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Robert Reich's Blog: How the White House's Deal With Big Pharma Undermines Democracy
I'm a strong supporter of universal health insurance, and a fan of the Obama administration. But I'm appalled by the deal the White House has made with the pharmaceutical industry's lobbying arm to buy their support.

Reforming Defense Spending and National Guard Overseas Deployments
Since September 11, 2001 there has been an extreme increase in U.S. military activity abroad. Like most federal decisions, those concerning the military, both spending and deployment, affect the states.

Dissident Orange GOP Group Meets to "Take Over the Party"
A group of disaffected Orange County Republicans met at the Winter Park Civic Center Tuesday night to challenge the local group's current Chairman Lew Oliver and state party leader Jim Greer.

Taking on South Carolina's anti-union legacy
WHY VISIT a historic plantation when you can visit a working one?
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Don't Need To Be a Rocket Scientist
Once you thoroughly unfasten yourself from reality, truly all things are possible.

Will the health care bosses get their way?
WARNING: THE federal government is poised to commit robbery. And the poor, defenseless victim is...the health insurance industry.

- A Win for Bank Customers - In the Bush years, federal regulators not only failed to protect borrowers, they aggressively prevented the states from doing it. New York’s attorney general sued, challenging the regulators’ interference. This week, the Supreme Court ruled that federal regulators cannot prevent the states from enforcing consumer protection and fair lending laws against national banks.

What’s So Super About a Supermajority? -
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are about to reach the magical threshold of 60 votes, allowing them in theory to sweep aside Republican delaying tactics. But the arrival of that 60th vote, in the person of Al Franken of Minnesota, is not likely to make the party’s very real difficulties in advancing contentious legislation disappear.

Stimulus or Not, States Are Cutting Summer School
COCOA, Fla. — A year ago, the Brevard County Schools ran a robust summer program here, with dozens of schools bustling with teachers and some 14,000 children practicing multiplication, reading Harry Potter and studying Spanish verbs, all at no cost to parents