Though the Science study's authors cautioned against an overly broad interpretation of their findings, the results suggest that fear leads to political conservatism.
Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley isn't expected to face charges after a lengthy investigation into his lurid messages to underage congressional pages, two federal law enforcement officials told The Associated Press on Thursday.
McCain slammed the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) for being "asleep at the switch" saying that if he were president, he would fire Chris Cox, the chairman of the SEC since 2005 and a former Republican congressman. But while the president nominates and the Senate confirms the SEC chair, a commissioner of an independent regulatory commission
John McCain was telling the truth when he said that economics wasn't his strong suit. In response to what many economists have called the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, the Republican nominee has sounded -- and let's be honest here -- totally, embarrassingly and dangerously clueless.
The $26-million road was designed to connect to the $398-million Gravina Island Bridge, more infamously known as the "Bridge to Nowhere." After it was nationally ridiculed, plans for the bridge were rescinded but the road was built anyway.
