We take it for granted. Water. Because it flows so easily from the taps in our kitchens and bathrooms and so plentifully into our showers and baths. It flooded so forcefully from our rivers in the Midwest that towns and farms were engulfed and families lost their homes.
Kerry Trueman | Posted 06.23.2008 | Home
A growing number of environmental experts suspect that the flooding may be caused in part by agricultural practices that have severely impaired the landscape's ability to absorb excess rainwater.
New York Times | Monica Davey | Posted 06.21.2008 | Home
The levees along the Mississippi River offer a patchwork of unpredictable protections. Some are tall and earthen, others aging and sandy, and many alo...
Mary Lyon | Posted 06.18.2008 | Home
To this day, I still think Gore is the gold standard. Our country would be light years better off if we'd had Al Gore's steady hand at the wheel for the past seven-and-some years.
AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home
WASHINGTON — The federal government predicts that 27 levees could potentially overflow along the Mississippi River if the weather forecast is on...
AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home
NEW YORK — Corn prices reached another record Monday, closing in on $8 a bushel, as devastating Midwest floods raised fears of a sharply smaller...
AP | ALLEN G. BREED and JIM SALTER | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home
Below is a telling excerpt from AP on the chaos caused by the Iowa flooding. Keep reading more about the floods here. As Iowa City hoped to elude t...
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
Via ThinkProgress, in an interview with NewsMax, President Bush's brother Jeb...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
Governor Palin Neglects Alaska Duties for Partisan Stumping on Campaign Trail...
The following is Part I of Sean Penn's piece, Mountain of Snakes (Read Part II here) The
Last week, Black Friday heralded the unofficial kickoff of the 2008 winter holiday...
Reuters has a Q&A with John Travolta to promote his animated film "Bolt." At the end, they ask him...
President-elect Barack Obama announced Monday that Robert Gates would remain as...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
NEW YORK — Rush Limbaugh has seldom been a fan of...
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns...
CHICAGO — Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes...
Dear President-elect and Mrs. Obama: I know that the greening of the White House...
Mary Lou Song | Posted 06.27.2008 | Home