
U.S. Studies Discuss Economic Effect Of Long Fed Shutdowns
Last week, the 2025 federal shutdown became the longest in U.S. history. Tomorrow, it enters its 42nd day.

Last week, the 2025 federal shutdown became the longest in U.S. history. Tomorrow, it enters its 42nd day.
By Cliff Montgomery – May 23rd, 2013“A lot of what needs to be done here will have to be done quietly, without any discussion, using sources and methods that are…
The Obama Administration appears more concerned with controlling what people think than just about anything else these days.By Cliff Montgomery – May 21st, 2013The U.S. Defense Department has released to…
By Cliff Montgomery – May 15th, 2013The top official of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has quit after reports revealed that numerous members of his staff had targeted conservative organizations…
By Cliff Montgomery – May 13th, 2013Is the U.S. suffering from a shortage of ‘home-grown’ scientists and engineers? That was the focus of a federalstudy released last week.It’s a very…
By Cliff Montgomery – May 10th, 2013U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has named Michael Mosman, Judge for the District ofOregon, as the most recent appointee to the United…
By Cliff Montgomery – May 6th, 2013The issue of mountaintop mining – a method of coal mining in which a mountain’s top is sheared off to obtainaccess to coal seams…
By Cliff Montgomery – May 4th, 2013In February, the Obama Administration boldly declared that the American-led coalition in Afghanistan had successfully employed over 350,000 indigenous military and law enforcement officials…
By Cliff Montgomery – May 1st, 2013In honor of International Workers’ Day – which many in the labor and Occupy movements around the world refer to as ‘May Day’ -…
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 30th, 2013The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) needs to “address challenges impeding its ability to ensure chemical safety,” stated a telling report published in March by…
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 27th, 2013A leading Constitutional watchdog group recently released a scathing new report which reveals the counter- productive nature of torture and coercion.The American Spark quotes…
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 26th, 2013The other day, The American Spark pointed out a truth the Pentagon has known for years: “Prohibited techniques” like torture or brutal interrogations “are…
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 20th, 2013“Four Republican lawmakers…strongly urged the Obama Administration Saturday to treat the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings as an enemy combatant,” declared The…
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 14th, 2013Pentagon officials may well be engaging in covert actions without a legally required presidential finding andnotification of congressional intelligence committees, according to a recent…
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 6th, 2013A Department of land Security (DHS) document released in January provided a laundry list of actions performed by citizens and others which local communities…
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 28th, 2013A few weeks ago, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a rather interesting short study entitled Public Access To Data from Federally Funded Research.The…
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 25th, 2013It seems that the poster boys for the U.S. neo-conservative movement – oil billionaire magnates Charles and David Koch – may be looking to…
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 21st, 2013The Huffington Post apparently has uncovered a little gem “from the depths of the White House’s ‘We the People’ petition website.” On Tuesday, some…
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 17th, 2013A U.S. court of appeals on Friday ruled that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) cannot provide a blanket refusal to those who seek information…
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 13th, 2013The corporate press has gotten a lot of mileage out of its argument that Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has been fighting a lonely battle…
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 11th, 2013Are lawmakers serious about cutting wasteful spending? They could stop building wildly expensive courthouses that the country doesn’t need.“Extra space in courthouses costs an…
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 9th, 2013A number of American and Iraqi witnesses have connected top U.S. advisers – including former CIA Director General David Petraeus – to human rights…
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 6th, 2013“U.S. income distribution appears to be among the most unequal of all major industrialized countries and the United States appears to be among the…
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 4th, 2013Stéphane Frédéric Hessel died on February 26th. He was 95 years old. Many U.S. media outlets have ignored his passing.To its credit, The New…