Some pediatricians taking a stand for vaccine program

Some pediatricians are refusing to see children whose parents refuse vaccination schedule

NEA endorses Obama's Re-election

The large and powerful teachers union NEA endorses president obama's re-election bid.

Minnesota state government shut down

Minnesotans are angry at the state government shut down. Meanwhile the minnesota zoo has reopened with its own money.

Credit Default Swaps

Salman Khan, former hedge fund manager, explains what credit default swaps are in a two part video series. Each video is approximately 10 minutes long. Part 1 and part 2 can be found here.

Saudi Arabia: If Iran builds nukes, so will we

Saudi Arabia: If Iran builds nukes, so will we

Thailand opposition wins key election

Thailand opposition wins key election

Treasury confirms deadline for raising debt ceiling

Treasury confirms deadline for raising debt ceiling

Older Interns a sign of the poor economy

Older interns signal gloomy labor markets.

Salman Khan Explains if the bail out has a chance of working

Former hedge fund manager explains the bail out, and asks if it has a chance of working

Federal Judges strike down Michigan law prohibiting use of race as basis for hiring

Federal Judges struck down a michigan law that banned the use of race as a preference for hiring.

Collateralized Debt Obligation: explained

As part of the series explaining the housing crisis this video explains collateralized debt obligations are in about 10 minutes.

Stephen Colbert's Political action committee

Stephen Colbert has formed a political action committee, a superPAC actually. He has set up a website and is taking donations. The Christian Science Monitor explains what a superPAC is: a political action committee that can receive unlimited funds from corporations or private citizens. Colbert has been promoting his SuperPAC asking for donations, airing his journey filing his paperwork with the FEC and airing part of his meeting with a FEC committee.

And then they came for me: Maziar Bahari

Mahaziar Bahari has a new book out Then They Came for Me: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival about his imprisonment and torture at the hands of the Iranian government. A short excerpt can be found here from Newsweek and he has a nice chat with the Daily Show's Jon Stewart about the experience.

Military Schools Falling Down

Newsweek reports on the sad state of on base schools for the children of our men and women who serve.

Supreme Court on violent video games

Jeffery H. Anderson argues that the got it wrong when the supreme court struck down a California law banning the sale of violent video games to children. Jon Stewart offered this criticism of the decision where he demonstrates just how violent these video games can be. Stewart makes the point that it is ok to disembowel a women in a video game, but if she had a nipple slip during then it would be something that could prohibited from being sold to children.