Opinion

The federal government took Gray Wolves off the endangered list in February, but the wolf population immediately declined. FWS wants to re-list the wolves.

Perchlorate, a component in rocket fuel, causes thyroid problems, and the Defense Department is the largest polluter. EPA says that no one needs to clean it up. Army fires celebratory rockets.

A Guantanamo Bay defendant refuses to leave his cell to attending hearings, so the Sept. 11 attack “mastermind”, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, offered to talk to the defendant. The US government accepted. Who is in charge?

The International Criminal Court has charged the leader of Sudan with war crimes, but it has not issued an arrest warrant yet.

US troops flew into Pakistan again, but Pakistani troops fired at the US helicopters.

David Fiderer explains the domino effect in the banking industry: bad mortgages leads to bad mortgage-backed securities leads to huge loses for banks leads to huge loses for insurance companies.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta declared a unilateral cease-fire in Nigeria after a week of attacks on oil facilities.

Allegedly, the goal of the bailout is to buy bad mortgages from banks. The homeowner will still have to pay off the mortgage though. Why not just give the money directly to the homeowners? That would have the same effect for the bank, but it would benefit the homeowners, too.

The government is going to save the banks, the investors, and the CEOs, but not the homeowners.