opinion

April 29, 2011 - Statements from Betty Cockrum, president of Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, regarding Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels' announcement that he was signing legislation that wou...

April 30, 2011 - Goaded into action by a nattering of numbskulls, Barack Obama finally released the long form of his certificate of live birth from the state of Hawaii, and hopefully threw the last shovel of dirt onto this inception nonsense; but the s...

April 28, 2011 - During the past two days, BP, ExxonMobil and Chevron all announced impressive financial results, including record profits and increased dividends. This, at a time when the country is mulling the need to continue providing billions in s...

April 28, 2011 - Exxon-Mobil's first quarter earnings of $10.7 billion are up 69 percent from last year. That's the most profit the company has earned since the third quarter of 2008 — perhaps not coincidentally, around the time when gas prices last ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 28, 2011 – Campaign for America's Future's co-director Robert Borosage commented on today's economic indicators: The first quarter growth figures -- 1.8% for the first three months of the year -- are an ominous reminder of the...

April 28, 2011 – Statement by Robert Weissman, President, Public Citizen: ExxonMobil and Shell today announced skyrocketing profits, as did BP yesterday, and as Chevron will tomorrow. The reason is simple: Prices at the gas pump are jumping, even t...

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 28, 2011 – U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the senior Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement today on the 40th anniversary of the creation of the Occupational Safety and Heal...

April 28, 2011 - The following is a statement from Cindy Shogan, executive director, Alaska Wilderness League on Royal Dutch Shell's first-quarter 2011 earnings report, announced today: In light of the ever-increasing gas prices plaguing American cons...

April 26, 2011 - This week's biggest economic show occurs tomorrow (Wednesday) when Fed chair Ben Bernanke steps in front of the cameras for the Fed's first-ever news conference. The question on everyone's mind: Will the Fed signal it's now more worrie...

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 27, 2011 - SLDN welcomes the anticipated announcement of CIA Director Leon Panetta to lead the Department of Defense. This expected nomination underscores the need for Secretary Gates and Admiral Mullen to move forward now on DAD...