Once again, lawbreakers get a nice fat Christmas present, while the longsuffering voters get "nothing but hooks and some wire."

Reuters reports trouble at the North Pole.

Poor people often skimp on food so that they will have enough money for things they consider valuable.

The Trust doesn't answer to anybody anymore. They don't even have to be right.

Since we peasants couldn't see that Roosevelt's marvelous ideas were for our own good, he believed it was OK for him to lie to help pass his programs. Does that remind you of any modern politicians?

By taking this preposterous action, the CIA has provided a signal service.

Who owns your mortgage? It might just be...nobody.

It's the teddy bear being insulted, by being given such a disreputable name.

Having been put on the scent, the blogosphere discovered that this was only the tip of the iceberg.

Unlimited money, unlimited visibility, unlimited clout - what could possibly go wrong?