Thank God for Texans and their money. Texans help explain the 3.3 percent growth of leisure and hospitality wage jobs over the past year, say hospitality executives.   Full Story

In the now-infamous "47 Percent" video secretly captured during a Mitt Romney fundraising speech, the GOP hopeful gleefully mentioned Jimmy Carter's Iran Hostage Crisis moment and admitted, "By the way, if something of that nature presents itself, I will work to find a way to take advantage of the opportunity.   Full Story

Some people are just an accident waiting to happen. Take my friend ReRide, for example. Getting hurt is ReRide's "achilles heel," which is about the only part of his body he hasn't broken, strained, cut, burned or shattered.   Full Story

Well, this is a fine mess.After years of moaning about various "conspiracies" against them, conservative activists finally have a real (i.   Full Story

The Internal Revenue Service has been the object of jokes for decades. The one that sticks in my mind, because it's relevant, is Jerry Seinfeld's TV character talking about being called in for a tax audit.   Full Story

Editor:I am representing the NARFE, Nation Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees, and have just attended the convention of the New Mexico State Federation of Chapters in Albuquerque.   Full Story

Charles Dharapak, The Associated Press

When the Heritage Foundation released a study decrying what the organization calculated would be a $6.3 trillion price tag for proposed immigration reform, it wasn't the biggest surprise.   Full Story

Most us hunting for bargains in a clothing store check the price tag on a T-shirt but never look at the tag that indicates where the garment was made.   Full Story

The explosion of the fertilizer plant in the small town of West, Texas, a few weeks ago, killed dozens of people, injured many more, and blew the walls off numbers of buildings.   Full Story

You might say that May 10, 2013 was when the "second term curse" officially struck President Barack Obama -- and that May 13 was when it flattened him.   Full Story