Today the U.S. Census Bureau released its 2010 findings. The decennial survey of the states found the U.S. population grew at 9.7% over the last decade to 308,745,538, the slowest rate since the Great Depression. The report cost $1.87 billion less than expected, according to U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke. But, most importantly, the census [...]
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While we’re waiting for Senate votes on the CR and START today and for the House to act on food safety and the CR, here’s something else fun to pass the time.
To be fair, we did have have an excellent cover of Julian Assange the week before.
UPDATE: The Senate voted 67-28 to end debate on the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. Only 60 ayes were required and 11 Republicans broke ranks to support it. 67 votes is also incidentally the number of votes the full Senate would need to ratify the agreement, which now seems nothing short of a foregone conclusion. A [...]
The field of researchers searching for a science behind political affiliation is expanding. Check out my story on some of the latest studies and the controversy over their work.
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski speaks to the media on the importance of net neutrality December 1, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) –The Federal Communications Commission is poised to approve “net neutrality” rules today that would restrict Internet service providers from speeding, slowing or blocking broadband access to one source of Web content over another. [...]
In his last show of the year, The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart took Congress and the media to task for not making the Zadroga bill a priority. Named for James Zadroga, a 911 first responder who died in 2006 of respiratory disease, the bill would create a trust fund to cover the health care costs [...]
