(CNSNews.com) – The chairman of the new President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness has presided over a corporation that has seen a steady U.S. job decline since 2005.

President Barack Obama named Jeffrey Immelt, chief executive officer of General Electric since 2001, as chairman of the jobs council last month. GE faced hefty fines from the Securities and…

(Audio only) How the bankers take down societies, short break down.

Catherine on Her Soapbox

I would like to propose a contrary theory to the dire views of those looking behind the veil of recent economic statistics.

First, if you look at the amount of money that has been stolen or shifted out of the economy it is more than enough to take care of all that…

Oil from the BP spill remains stuck on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, according to a top scientist.

Samantha Joye has video and slides that she says demonstrate the oil isn't degrading as hoped and has decimated life on parts of the sea floor.

That report is at odds with a recent report by the BP spill compensation czar that said nearly all will be well by 2012.

Deep impact: A December 1,…

"The [FDA] said…

Bugs to Bernanke: That's all, folks!

China on Track to Become Top Gold Buyer

China's gold imports are estimated to have more than doubled from a year ago in the run-up to Chinese new year, putting the country on track to overtake India as the world's largest consumer of the precious metal.

The growth in demand is being attributed in part to Chinese families giving each other gifts of gold instead of traditional red envelopes…

the pre-tv generations archive

White Dot is compiling an archive of memories and advice from the last generations to grow up without…

CNN's Anderson Cooper and his camera crew were attacked and repeatedly punched by pro-government forces near Tahrir Square in Cairo today. [Updated with video]

"My team were set upon by the crowd," Cooper said on CNN this morning via telephone from…

A UN human rights official has been roundly condemned for suggesting that the US government may have orchestrated the September 11 terrorist attacks. Richard Falk, a retired professor from Princeton University, wrote on his blog that there had been an “apparent cover up” by American authorities. He added that most media were “unwilling to acknowledge the well-evidenced doubts about the official version of the events” on 9/11, despite it containing “gaps and contradictions”. And he…

The president of the Federal Re serve Bank of New York doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut.



The entire Fed regularly observes what it calls a "blackout period" starting one week before Federal Open Market Committee meetings and lasts until the Friday after those meetings.



In case you don't know, FOMC meetings are where the Fed decides whether to change interest-rate policy.



But there is also a communiqué released just hours after the meeting concludes in which…

Ninth Circuit ignores Supreme precedent in Mojave case

Mt. Soledad memorial cross

This post is not about some fringe character. It’s a review of a serious book written by a professor who lectures in mainstream education and is involved in compiling the IPCC reports. The book is published by a respectable publisher for a recognized academic institute

And…