2013 will be remembered for many things, not least the miles of red tape that were imposed on Americans. It has been a very busy year indeed for regulators, who imposed ...
WASHINGTON — Federal Judge John Gleeson of the Eastern District of New York says documents called “statements of reasons” are an optional way for a judge to express “vie...
“Whenever a fellow tells me he is bipartisan,” said Harry Truman, “I know he is going to vote against me.”
The hosannas to bipartisanship accompanying the budget deal pa...
“Congress is finishing this year less popular than a cockroach,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the other day. The reason, he charged, was simple: “mind...
WASHINGTON — The lie of the year, according to Politifact, is “If you like your health care plan, you can keep it.” But the story of the year is a nation waking up to ju...
PRINCETON, N.J. — In a scientific complex on 88 bucolic acres near here, some astonishingly talented people are advancing a decades-long project to create a sun on Earth...
The FDA has proposed new rules designed to curtail the widespread use of antibiotics in animals raised for food: 80 percent of all antibiotics used in the United States ...
As if bawling babies, sardine-tin seating and jammed overhead bins aren’t enough, modern air travel may soon include the joys of incessant, inane prattle of passengers o...
NEW YORK — Is income inequality the “defining challenge” of our time? President Obama’s Dec. 4 speech on the topic has produced a lively debate, with some supporting him...
The budget agreement reached by the House and Senate this week is a small step forward in restoring some sanity and order to the process. By putting in place a bipartisa...
