A federal judge has revoked the Agriculture Department's approval of genetically modified sugar beets until their effect on other plants is more thoroughly studied. The anti-GMO movement is hailing last Friday's ruling as a major victory for consumers and the environment. 

Though the 2010 midterm elections have not yet even taken place, political commentators and observers are already speculating about possibilities and prospects for the 2012 presidential election.  

An L.A. Times editorial recently challenged the prospect of modifying the 14th amendment’s birthright citizenship provision, categorizing those who support repealing it as part of a fringe element. 

The argument over gay marriage, like many arguments in America, has been falsely presented as a single, binary issue: one is either for or against legalizing gay marriage.

On one side of the dichotomy are the "social conservatives" who believe that marriage can only exist between a man and a woman, and that the law should reflect that reality.

For the past few months, the pro-drug legalization coalition behind California’s controversial Proposition 19 seemed to be a fairly stable group, as it largely united civil libertarians fighting for personal liberty and progressives searching for additional tax revenue. 

It's official, the Swine Flu scare is over.  When the World Health Organization (WHO) downgraded H1N1 from pandemic status on Tuesday, critics said this move should have come long ago when it was determined that the disease was less severe than the common flu.