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If, 250 million years ago, you were standing thousands of miles away from what is now Siberia in the first years of the Permian Mass Extension, probably the most you would notice is an odd change in the weather and a reddish hue in the northern sky.

There isn't much diversity in America's economic web of life.

America is falling apart — and this nation's super-rich are to blame.

To understand the present, you have to understand the past, which brings us to the story of William A. Clark.

If you were standing outdoors looking at the distant and reddening sky 250 million years ago as the Permian Mass Extinction was beginning, unless you were in the region that is known as Siberia you would have no idea that a tipping point had just been passed and soon 95% of all life on earth would be dead.

House Republicans continue to point the finger at President Obama for the government shutdown

To paraphrase Margaret Thatcher, there is no such thing as the Tea Party. There is only a collection of individual billionaires.

What is the most effective way to destroy Obamacare?

Three quarters of a billion people is a lot of people.

John Adams once said that, "Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men."