Newsweek decided to see precisely how many people in America take their citizenship for granted, and the results are predictably depressing: 38 percent of people outright failed the official citizenship test, while 29 percent of people couldn't name the Vice President and 6 percent couldn't even identify when Independence Day was on the calendar. U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! more ›

A few years ago, the answers to the D.C. taxicab licensing test were compromised and passed around all over town. As a result, the city put a freeze on new testing and licensing for cab drivers in 2005, even for individuals who had already paid for and passed the required 60-hour training course offered at UDC (it costs $375). Well today the Examiner is reporting that starting in January, the city will once again start offering the licensing exam. The rewritten exam will only be open to people who have passed the UDC training program, but even under that condition, there are apparently already at least 2,000 people eligible for the exam right now. more ›