As the United States Congress struggles to find ways to extend health care to more Americans, looming federal and state budget deficits threaten to derail each of the several plans now on the table. Congress may or may not succeed. But who is ultimately responsible for our health care?
California's economy is being shaken to the ground. "The Big One" may have come—not because of shifting geological fault lines, but rather in the form of financial ruin caused by the global economic downturn. The state is bankrupt, and worried observers are waiting to see how the shock waves from...
Nearly one-sixth of all people alive today are undernourished, consuming fewer than 1,800 calories per day. At least 1.02 billion people around the globe are now suffering from hunger. In the Asian, Pacific and Sub-Saharan African regions, 32 percent of the population is undernourished. What does this mean...
The recent outbreak of a death-dealing combination of swine, bird and human flu on the North American continent is very serious. It is causing United States and United Nations health authorities to fear a potential globe-girdling pandemic that could kill millions. The experts...
"The Christian God isn't dead. But he's less of a force in U.S. politics and culture than at any time in recent memory." So said a Newsweek magazine article ("The Decline and Fall of Christian America," April 13, 2009).
Even as President Obama signs the historic $787 billion stimulus bill passed by the Democrat-controlled Congress, the global economy continues its downward spiral and threatens to...
Each year, according to Australia's government-funded Institute of Criminology, approximately half of the estimated 60,000 fires in the nation's forest, brush and grasslands are suspected of being caused by arson. The Australian state of Victoria is subject to the same factors of heat, drought, high winds and...