CNBC Presidential Debate: Winners & Losers—just how bad was Rick Perry’s meltdown?

There is an age old lesson in American politics that both political party loyalist just can't seem to get in their heads. Americans are fundamentally fair minded, skeptical of philosophers, and wish death on zealots and bullies.

The Last Words Of 26 Geniuses

There is an age old lesson in American politics that both political party loyalist just can’t seem to get in their heads. Americans are fundamentally fair minded, skeptical of philosophers, and wish death on zealots and bullies.
Steve Peace, IVN

In their rush to take advantage of the supercommittee legislative process that could fast track an ag budget bill, agricultural leaders in D.C. have been tasked with pushing a full Farm Bill with comprehensive subsidy reforms in a matter of weeks.

Last year, Wired.com reported the story of an Arab-American man living in Santa Clara named Yasir Afifi who found a tracking device on his car after the FBI received a vague tip that Afifi posed a threat to national security. On Tuesday, Wired revealed that another California man has found not one, but two federal GPS tracking devices on his vehicle.

Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, 58, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of the world famous pop singer. The jury of seven men and five women took less than two days to deliberate before convicting Murray in Jackson's death.

The California High Speed Rail Authority has released a report saying costs for their own proposed high speed rail (HSR) lines from Anaheim to San Francisco have more than doubled to $98 billion and will take thirteen years longer to complete than previously estimated.

With California's top-two open primary system and redrawn congressional districts almost certain to play a major role in the 2012 election, San Luis Obispo financial planner Matt Kokkonen is on a mission to ensure that former Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado is kept from winning the state's 24th congressional district.

Who could have ever predicted that the projected California budget deficit for 2012-2013 would be much higher than previously assumed? Sadly, this is just the same old tired scenario.