Blood Barons

NYC: a metropolis of 8 million people; 500 disappear each year. Of those, three dead end case files lie open on Special Agent Roy Esteban's desk. Who are they? Why doesn't anyone know they're gone and why does no one care? Lack of leads and an ASAC that wants the cases closed drives the FBI agent to take on an unorthodox partner in Researcher Debra Chorister. Together they track an unwholesome alliance between corporate science and government healthcare. And those three lone individuals? They're not the only ones who can't be found.

Energy Barons

Blackout. Who would disrupt the peace of the wind-driven plains with violence and murder? To what end is the livelihood of the West brought to its knees by widespread power outages, endangering lives and hampering resource production that supplies the nation's energy? Reporter Allie Maitland is on a mission to find out, ambition driving her to see her byline make it above the fold of a major paper. With the help of former Marine Sawyer Aleman, the two trip over each other on the path to discover why men are dying and lives are threatened as green politics goes haywire in its zeal to save the environment.

Gold Baron

Former newspaper publisher A. Dru Kristenev tells a compelling story of political intrigue, world markets and presumptive power brokers based on research of the underpinnings of real-time political and global financial maneuvering, and who's instigating it. A seasoned journalist, Solana Greyfisher, and a legal researcher, Toddy Littman, unwittingly connect the dots on how an international currency dealer has managed to position himself to exploit an ever-widening realm of world economic markets and steer American politics... all at their own peril.

Land Barons

What would you make of landowners falling prey to mysterious crop failings, unexplained livestock die-offs, arson, and murder while hundreds of thousands of acres of ranches, farms and pristine wilderness seem to vanish off the tax rolls and wind up in the hands of a shadowy entity? Two people find themselves in the center of an environmental vortex, sorting through all the strange coincidences and wondering how the pieces fit to complete the puzzle. Former newspaper publisher, Anthea Keller, and a retired cop turned college instructor, Gary Mathers, meet in the Idaho backwoods only to land in the midst of the land scam. Personal upheaval driving them from the big cities of Los Angeles and Portland the previous year, the last thing on either one's wish list right now is a relationship... any relationship.

Powerful Green Lobby Defeated In US Midterm Elections

For Tom Steyer and other environmentalists, $85 million wasn’t enough to help Democrats keep the Senate blue or win more than a single governor’s mansion in Tuesday’s toughest races. The billionaire’s super PAC and other green groups saw the vast majority of their favored candidates in the battleground states go down to defeat, despite spending an unprecedented amount of money to help climate-friendly Democrats in the midterm elections. The outcome brought gloating from Republicans and fossil-fuel supporters even before the results rolled in — and raised questions about whether greens can fulfill their pledge to make climate change a decisive campaign issue in 2016. --Andrew Restuccia, Politico, 5 November 2015

The first step on a long road

In the wake of a rancorous and wildly expensive mid-term election the only thing that is clear is that people are sick of the status quo. Congressional approval couldn't be much worse. But will things change? And what about 2016, which is breathing down our necks?

It’s a Wave: Republicans Take US Senate, Build Majority in House, Grab 24 Governorships

It was a GOP wave.

In Memory of Lord Joel Barnett (1923 - 2014)

I knew and valued Joel Barnett as a Labour colleague and friend, in government and in Parliament, for over forty years. Most impressive was seeing him regularly in Downing Street as the brave and meticulously clear Chief Secretary to the Treasury during the constant economic crises from 1974-79. Diminutive in physical stature, he was formidable in arguing for financial rationality when opposing the phalanx of more senior ministers demanding ever more public expenditure on some currently fashionable but extravagant nonsense.

Climate Depot’s Marc Morano: ‘The GOP sweep is a victory for science

Marc Morano, publisher of Climate Depot and starring in the upcoming film 'Climate Hustle': Tom Steyer's millions fell flat.

Video: Sen. Ted Cruz on GOP's agenda, future of ObamaCare

Midterms 2014: Adam Housley reports from Los Angeles, California

Video: Did race play a factor in the elections?

Obama Administration Trusts Russia on Iran

The Obama administration is so desperate to reach a nuclear deal with Iran by the current deadline of November 24th that it is willing to trust Russia to play a key implementation role.

Obama on mid-term shellacking giving him cause to shift his policies

Obama’s Policies and Programs Condemned by American Voters

Any way we slice it, last night’s election feast was delicious for the people of the United States of America…and united we were. The Republicans gained back the US Senate--and therefore both Congressional houses--which was a must in order to stop the country’s already nearly-fatal hemorrhaging.

We the People Reject Lies, Incompetence, & Tyranny!

In a stunning rebuke to Barack Obama’s incompetence, tyranny, and lies, the American people have voted overwhelmingly to vest majority control of the US Senate in the hands of the GOP.

Judge Rejects the 'Disparate Impact' Fraud

On Monday, one of the Obama administration's foremost racial arsonists was given his comeuppance by a federal judge. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, who is on the American left's short list for replacing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, was informed by Judge Richard J. Leon that his effort to find housing discrimination where none existed amounted to "wishful thinking on steroids."

Bugs In Our Food

Over 1,000 different types of bugs are eaten by cultures throughout the world. In parts of Mexico, Africa and Asia, insects such as water bugs, locusts, termites, ants and grubs are common foods. But as Sylvia Branzei observes, “The gross fact is, we eat many bugs and bug parts without knowing it. Most foods have insect contaminants. (1)

UTAH: Mia Love defeats Doug Owens!

Here in the Eastern Time Zone, it's 2:01 AM. However, I'm willing to bet that some east-coasters are still watching the returns. Plus, if you're over on the left coast, it's only 11:00 PM. You're still paying attention!

IOWA: Joni Ernst wins - and not just because she's 'attractive and sounds really nice'

Joni Ernst has a pretty deep resume. She's smart, right on the issues, a former soldier and, according to Democrats, she sounds nice and is possibly as attractive as Taylor Swift