The Supreme Court has spoken, the president has spoken, and Congress has spoken. Now it is time for the American people to speak.
The country had become hopelessly divided along a bitter partisan divide. While all political factions recognized the urgent need for reform, no party could command a sufficient majority to pass meaningful legislation.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said what?s called for in the war on terrorism is better communication. Oh, yes, he did.
All is not lost, however, for peace between Israelis and Arabs need not come just from the top down -- not just when leaders across this turbulent region cast aside their weapons and sign treaties.
Earlier this month, a new report by Feeding America found that 16 million children face hunger every day, especially if they live in rural areas.
There is a sad truth that our elected officials either forget or choose to ignore. As a member of the millennial generation, I remind them of that truth: Your actions are my consequences.
The 54-cent decline in the average price of gasoline over the last 3 months should add approximately $54 billion of incremental income to U.S. consumers.
Saying the word ?vagina? might get you in hot water if you?re a Michigan congresswoman, but the word is used a bit more liberally on television these days.
In the 1950s, a consumer who wanted to buy eyeglasses borrowed $40 from the bank. Fast-forward to 2012: how about using your digital wallet to buy those glasses with your mobile phone? Maybe later this year.
Thursday's downgrade contained a veiled threat that pointed at politicians in Germany, the United Kingdom, France and the United States and plainly stated, Stop talking about making the banks responsible for their own follies -- or else.
South Asian taxi drivers not only have a very hard and thankless profession, but they are caught in a vortex of prejudice in which they are both the victim and perpetrators of racism and discrimination.
If Miami loses on Thursday, there will be an immense amount of pressure on them to close out the series
Arab racism against black people is deeply-rooted and stretches back centuries.
First Lady Michelle Obama spent her weekend disparaging the fat paycheck, the fancy office, the impressive lines on our resumés.
This Glass House review reveals just how terrible and mind-numbing ABC's new reality TV show is after just last night's premier episode.
A couple of astonishing weapons ended the world?s most horrific conflict: atomic bombs. The significance of the resulting explosions cannot be overstated.
We are living at the end of an era, during the swan song of greatness, the twilight years of a golden age, the last days of the great supercars, ultra-high horsepower paeans to driving: the Bugatti Veyron, Pagani Huayra, McLaren MP4-12C, Lamborghini Aventador, Ferrari F12 Berlinetta. They may all soon be replaced by electric cars and hybrids.
Rock 'n' roll musicians, by definition, cannot (and should not) age.
Are U.S. technology companies fast-growing enterprises or are they banks? In a time when banks are enduring federal ?stress tests? of their ability to withstand a crisis, the tech sector seems to be rolling in money.
Rap Queen Nicki Minaj demanded respect from her peers by pulling out of Hot 97?s SummerJam, costing the radio station and the concertgoers. Is that a small price to pay to demand equal respect for women?
Political brinksmanship is a common feature of modern democratic politics. Nowhere on the planet, however, is the convoluted logic of basing your electoral strategy on claiming the other guy is bluffing seen as splendidly as in Greece.
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
?Life,? the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard said, ?must be lived forward, but can only be understood backwards.?
Dinner with Barack -- for the liberal Democrat, few things sound better than free food with their fearless leader. Four prize dinners with the Great One -- awarded by drawing -- have come and gone; but have no fear, Dinner with Barack V is here.
Goodfellas was the greatest gangster movie ever made, but it took a lot of creative license when it came to its characters.
Dozens of prison inmates at Virginia?s Red Onion super-max prison resorted to hunger striking in order to call attention to inhumane confinement conditions.
OKC is very good, but the Heat are still the class of the NBA. They should beat the Thunder to win the NBA Finals.
Green Acres presented an entirely new paradign for sitcoms ? it created a world (Hooterville) that seemed to exist outside of the laws of logic and reality.
While the matchup of Kevin Durant and Lebron James will dominate the headlines, there are other factors that will help decide the 2012 NBA Finals.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has taken aim squarely at the hearts of gearheads and Top Gear fans by welcoming the legendary Stig (well, according to wired.com they're calling him Mr. X, but he sure looks like The Stig) on stage at the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2012 to play the CSR racing game for iOS and Mac, Monday. While fun at first sight, however, the move may be indicative of cracks in Apple's finely polished marketing veneer.
