So apparently the Obama administration will be reviewing the terror alert system put in place by George W. Bush after 9/11. That’s the system that matches increased risk levels with five cool Gatorade flavors. Now, I agree this system should go; it’s based on color, which reeks of racism, by …

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Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Funny Business The Treasury Department has decided that it no longer needs a humor specialist for its Bureau of Public Debt. The department had been advertising the position for about a week, but announced this morning the job was no longer required. …

This is what the tea parties are about: It’s about spending — too much spending, to be specific. The idea that a business is too big to fail is anti-American; we’ve always been for the underdog. It’s about putting my family — my children — under $12.8 trillion in debt; …

Lasers have usually represented weapons of mass destruction in movies such as “Star Wars,” but a newly completed facility has begun harnessing lasers to create a fusion reaction rivaling the power of a miniature sun. The National Ignition Facility has already test-fired all 192 giant lasers at Lawrence Livermore National …

A bit rushed, but convinced everything’s in order, you head out the door to begin your vacation. But once your plane reaches cruising altitude, or your family truckster is 40 miles out, worries creep in: Will the furniture still be there when we get back? Will Fido be okay? Did …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Easy Money The Los Angeles Unified School District is paying about 160 teachers to do nothing while they are under review. The Los Angeles Times reports, all told, the teachers collect about $10 million a year even as layoffs are considered because …

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Raw sewage contains disease pathogens and toxins, impairs the respiratory functions in water life, and causes algae blooms. And cruise ships are dumping it just off shore, possibly washing up on the beach near where your family is vacationing. Nightmare fiction? Hardly. Though most travelers don’t know about this practice, …

So on an ABC webcast, Charlie Gibson tossed to a U.S. intelligence report that suggests global warming is helping the Taliban. The logic: temperatures rise, droughts continue, and lo and behold, people become suicide bombers. This is nothing new, of course. Global warming is the Kevin Bacon of root causes: …