While the vast majority of the Bush administration's security policies produced nothing more than a frightened U.S. population, its scare tactics might have actually cut Al Qaeda off at the knees.
AP | MIKE STARK | Posted 03.01.2010 | Home
OGDEN, Utah — A suspicious substance found at an IRS building in Ogden, Utah, on Monday is not hazardous, an official with the U.S. Postal Inspe...
AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and PETE YOST | Posted 02.20.2010 | New York
WASHINGTON — The FBI sought to close the book on its long, frustrating hunt for the killer behind the 2001 anthrax letters Friday, formally endi...
Posted 02.03.2010 | Chicago
Since Fall Out Boy announced that they were taking 2010 off last summer, rumors have floated about whether the bad is done for good. This week, Fall O...
Reuters | Kate Kelland | Posted 01.23.2010 | World
LONDON (Reuters) -- Eight people have died of anthrax infection from using suspected contaminated heroin, European health authorities said on Saturday...
AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 01.07.2010 | World
LONDON — Contaminated heroin may have caused an anthrax outbreak among drug addicts in Scotland, killing six people and infecting 12 in total, h...
Helene Pavlov | Posted 01.05.2010 | Living
It is okay to research and gather information when various symptoms present themselves, but avoid self-diagnosis. Leave diagnosis up to your primary care physician or medical specialist.
AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 01.05.2010 | Politics
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Envelopes containing white powder set off anthrax scares in five Alabama cities, shutting down two federal courthouses Monday...
AP | Posted 12.11.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — New York City police are investigating suspicious white powder found in envelopes at American Express Co. headquarters, near the site...
Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics
The dangers posed by biolabs often fly under the radar, but that may be changing. The public would do well to question the knee-jerk "security at all costs" policy of the federal government.
AP | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — Envelopes containing suspicious powder were sent to three foreign consulates in Manhattan on Monday, but initial tests suggested the ...
AP | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
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Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business
More research needs to be done on the companies supplying the vaccines for the troops. They and their well-connected investors are subsidized by the government, which supplies troops for human testing.
Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics
We are in the grips of a military-industrial complex for whom projects such as the Boston Biolab are as much meat and potatoes as any multi-billion dollar weapon system, no matter how dubious the need.
NYCity News Service | Posted 05.08.2009 | World
The collapse of Zimbabwe's health system has created a humanitarian crisis where people are already suffering from a crippling hyperinflation and severe food, fuel and currency shortages.
Ariston Anderson | Posted 05.07.2009 | Entertainment
Who would have thought the feel good movie of the year stars fifty-year old heavy metal has-beens?
Brad Friedman | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics
Where is all the furor over the $12 billion sent over to Iraq as pallets of cash, which then simply disappeared into that trillion dollar rat hole without accounting or explanation?
Eric Margolis | Posted 03.26.2009 | World
President Barack Obama, who says he wants to open serious talks with Iran and establish better relations will have his work cut out for him. His first step is to read Iran's modern history.
Libby Mitchell | Posted 01.09.2009 | Living
There is a secret weapon that could be utilized to bring down every news organization in the world. Brilliant in simplicity, relatively easy to make, ...
David Kirby | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics
Senator Daschle is not anti-vaccine, but his record shows his willingness to question -- and even oppose -- vaccine makers and big pharmaceutical interests when it comes to protecting the rights of American medical consumers.
AP | JASON DEAREN | Posted 11.29.2008 | Media
SAN FRANCISCO — A California man suspected of mailing more than 120 hoax anthrax letters to media outlets was interviewed previously by the FBI ...
AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 11.22.2008 | Media
NEW YORK — An employee of The New York Times opened a letter Wednesday containing a white powder that officials later said was harmless. The di...
Reuters | Keith Coffman | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business
DENVER, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Ten branches of Chase (JPM.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) bank in Colorado and Oklahoma received threatening let...
R.W. Sanders | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home
What Bush, McCain and all too many in government fail to realize is that there exists a very large groundswell among us common folk. And they would be wise to pay more attention.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics
Surprisingly little separates what's happening to the financial market and what happened during the run-up to the Iraq War, many years ago. Both are ...
Jeremy White | Posted 03.02.2010 | World