Never mind Hollywood’s perpetual fascination with the end of the world motif.  Humankind has always been curious about how we got here and how it will all eventually end.  This writer wonders if it’s at all a coincidence that 2012 will be this nation’s next presidential election year. (more…)

How do the Obama deficits compare with past presidents? And how did the national debt get so big anyway?

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow discusses how Obama is adopting and expanding upon Bush era policies of indefinite detention for detainees who they think may commit crimes against Americans in the future.

A little over a year ago an artist made George W. Bush resemble a comic book villain with little fanfare.  L.A. Weekly put an image of Bush as a vampire on a front cover in 2004 with no subsequent national outrage.  The photoshopped TIME portrait of President Obama as Heath Ledger’s Joker, however, has created a firestorm of debate across the country.  The image has been dubbed by some “dangerous,” “hateful,” and “mean-spirited.”  Myspace and Flickr have reportedly begun banning the pictures from user accounts. (more…)