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Eladio Gomez uses a U.S. flag to cover him from a light rain during an immigrant rights rally in downtown Dallas.

Signs and Wonders: America’s demographic destiny

Newsworthy | Brown and grey. The U.S. Census Bureau recently released its latest population projections through the year 2060. Fifty years from now, the U.S. will be only 43 percent white (compared to 63 percent today), and…

Evening rush hour commuters making their way past the food concessions on an underground concourse inside New York's Penn Station.

Dollars and Sense: Are markets headed toward a healthy correction or ‘irrational exuberance’?

Dollars and Sense |  Big Apple ripe. I spent a couple of days in New York this week, and I can tell you that with the stock markets at all time highs, the Big Apple is…

Gina McCarthy, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency

Signs and Wonders: EPA takes cue from IRS in dealing with conservative groups

Newsworthy |  Easier being green. The IRS is not the only federal agency making it difficult for conservative groups. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is getting…

Ralph Reed

The Boy Scouts’ Christian connection

Boy Scouts |  The Boy Scouts ask conservative activist Ralph Reed to set up meetings with Christian leaders it looks to sway on the issue of gay Scouts

<i>CBS Evening News</i> anchor Scott Pelley

Signs and Wonders: CBS’s Scott Pelley admits media missteps on big stories

Newsworthy |  Mea culpa. CBS News anchor Scott Pelley received the 20th annual Fred Friendly First Amendment Award on Friday, and he used the occasion to give an…

Specialist Matthew Cheslock works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

Dollars and Sense: Bad news in Europe might be good news for U.S. investors

Dollars and Sense |  Up, up, and away. The markets just keep climbing. The Dow closed above 15,000 for the first time ever on Tuesday, and it continued to set new records on…

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke

Signs and Wonders: Wall Street heavyweights insist Bernanke stop giving away ‘free money’

Newsworthy |  Banker objections. Those of us opposed to Ben Bernanke’s quantitative easing scheme could take solace from a new report issued this week. Bloomberg is…

Bethany Hamilton arrives at the ESPY awards.

Signs and Wonders: Soul Surfer finds soul mate

Newsworthy |  Bethany Hamilton engaged. The “soul surfer” is no longer solo. Bethany Hamilton, who survived a shark attack when she was 13 years old, announced this…

James Carville

Signs and Wonders: Democrat James Carville praises ‘talented and fearless’ Republican Ted Cruz

Newsworthy |  Praise for Cruz. If you’re a Republican, you’ve got to worry at least a little bit when Democratic strategist James Carville praises you. Does he have an…

Trader John Liotti works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Dollars and Sense: Market movement continues to push toward record territory

Dollars and Sense |  Earning notice. Even though it’s still earnings season, earnings reports didn’t seem to drive the business news this week, or this quarter, for that…

Howard Kurtz

Signs and Wonders: Daily Beast devours another Collins casualty

Newsworthy |  Collins casualty. CNN’s Reliable Sources host Howard Kurtz has been fired by The Daily Beast for a relatively innocuous error he made in his coverage of the…

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Scouts in the balance

Boy Scouts |  Will the Boy Scouts of America survive a double-barreled attack from atheists and homosexual activists?

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