Politics in this country got a whole lot messier this week for two reasons:  the election of Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts to the Senate, and the Supreme Court's decision to tear back wel

If you hadn't heard by now, Scott Brown made political history last Tuesday by winning the late Ted Kennedy's senate seat in Massachusetts.  For Republicans, the victory served as a clear signal th

A new poll came out this past week showing that Americans' concern about and belief in global warming was "cooling off," as the authors so aptly put it.  Around 20% fewer people were found to think