Like Father, Like Son?
by: Elizabeth L. Wright

For the past six years, Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) has put Alaska at the top of CAGW's pork per capita list. In 2006 alone, he secured a whopping $325 million in pork, or $489 per Alaskan resident. Recent news reports show that his son, Ben Stevens, is trying to follow in his daddy's profligate footsteps.

Email Purgatory
by: Jamey Malcomb

A citizen sits at a computer steaming mad about ballooning deficits and out-of-control government spending and decides to write to his or her member of Congress to vent frustration and hopefully help affect a change in policy. While email may seem like a quick and easy way to write Congress, many people are unable to get their voice heard because of a new layer of security called a "logic puzzle."