When executives from the Big Three auto makers hopped their individual jets in November 2008 to fly from Detroit to Washington and throw themselves at the feet of Congress to beg for federal financial support, we all marveled at the disconnect. Corporations struggling to make ends meet could not think...

Well it's about time. Nine months after the inauguration of President Obama, we finally have our Surgeon General. It couldn't have come soon enough. While her confirmation was unanimously voted on by the members of the Senate Health committee, Regina Benjamin found herself caught in a political pissing match between...