WASHINGTON — Already 99.9 (and about 58 more 9s) percent of the universe — it is expanding lickety-split — is beyond Earth's atmosphere. Into what is it expanding? Hard ...
Last January, a report by White House economists predicted the $787 billion stimulus would create (not just save) 3.3 million net jobs.
Since then, 3.4 million net jobs ...
WASHINGTON — Since 9-11, Americans have been rightly concerned about how the numbers stack up in the struggle against terrorism. Whether one calls it a war or something ...
In this Christmas season, I want to pay tribute to two unsung heroes who stood up to repressive regimes — and paid with their lives.
One was Iranian, one Russian, and I ...
If nothing else, the acrimonious debate over health care reform has contributed some potent new expressions to the American political vocabulary. You heard weeks ago abo...
WASHINGTON — On the day before Christmas, President Obama found two presents under his tree. One was the health care reform bill passed that morning by the Senate, a his...
When legislation is as long and complex as the health care reform bill finally gaining Senate passage, critics from both the left and right can inevitably find some legi...
I don't know even how to begin to thank supporters of the United Way, particularly those who provide some special financial assistance for holiday season emergencies.
Ev...
Waiting is not something we humans do well. Or, perhaps, maybe it's something technology-age humans don't master naturally.
We have no reason to wait, not with so many g...
President Barack Obama returned from Oslo with his Nobel Peace Prize to receive a booby prize in the polls.
Continuing disturbing trends reported by other recent surveys...
