OPINION

Concerning the rhetoric coming from the White House recently, much of the punditry has found itself shocked and alarmed.

As U.S. taxpayers complete their income tax forms, few had as good a 2011 as new Apple CEO Tim Cook, whose compensation now is valued above $600 million.

I am highly superstitious and I strongly believe that there are things in heaven and earth that simply cannot be explained (or denied) by modern science and technology.

The Fed is also well aware that employment had peaked in each of the past two springs before resuming growth late in the year.

If you live alone, is it better to be in a city like New York and be surrounded by so many people so you can feel a part of something just by virtue of proximity? Or does being that close to humanity without any significant connections only exacerbate feelings of loneliness? I think it would be great to be old in New York City. I'd take the dogs out for a walk in Battery Park, I'd sit on the park benches by the river with a stack of books that I'm plowing through, and I'd rock up to ...

We need to get today's youth out of the virtual world and into the outdoors.

Over the past decade, much ink has been spilled on the perils of the hook-up culture and the hazards of cohabitation.

Bobby Petrino shouldn't have been fired for his relationship with Jessica Dorrell

Bobby Petrino's latest case of deceit should doom his chances of ever coaching a major football program again.

Have you ever noticed that the liberals aren’t always so liberal?

As India takes small steps toward overhauling its lumbering higher-education system, U.S. colleges and universities want a part of the action. Now a new chapter is being written and the authors are the Obama and Singh administrations.

Technology investors are about to endure the quarterly torrent of earnings reports, starting Thursday with Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) and escalating next week with other top names.

The United States does not need and cannot afford the Pentagon’s request for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which will cost -- incredibly -- a mind-boggling $134.5 million per plane.

The Beatles are the greatest pop-rock band in history – far and away better than any other musical entity since World War II.

Bobby Petrino shouldn't be fired after being laced on administrative leave.

Those lyrics are from the most patriotic American anthem of the last half-century, Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA.” Ronald Reagan played the song the year it came out, at the 1984 Republican convention, and it gained iconic status after the 9/11 atrocities.

Why Chelsea should forget about the conspiracy theories concerning referees' alleged favoring of Barcelona ahead of a rematch of their infamous 2009 Champions League semi-final.

Tiger Woods will always generate the most attention on a golf course, but his behavior off the course makes him one of the least likable golfers in the game.

Last year we woke up to headlines involving the home of the Acropolis and one of the worst debt situations in recent history – Greece.

Today is National Tell A Lie Day. What better way to celebrate this April 4 holiday than to take a look at some of the best -- or worst -- whoppers told by the five men who are running for the U.S. presidency? Romney, Obama, Santorum, Gingrich, Paul... no one is exempt.

China's rise has unsettled many Westerners, especially Americans who fear Chinese influence could overwhelm that of the U.S. As the U.S. struggles through economic recovery, will China seize its chance to lead the world?

The end was inevitable' last year Iranian immigrants Alfred and Stella Bassal erected an illegal chicken coop in Great Neck, N.Y. Tuesday night, the Village Board ruled.

Who is Goldman Sachs? Wall Street's top investment bank, or a company that treats its clients like muppets in order to make as much profit as possible? And what does that mean for the rest of us?

People on mopeds and scooters sometimes carry some really weird junk with them, and the image often looks like something ranging from incredible to ridiculous. But a man on a moped with an ax is, well, terrifying.

America is in the process of embracing certain failure. We have a president who appears enraptured by the European economic model as Europeans themselves are facing the reality of its ashes and despair.

Monday, at a junket for his newest masterwork The Three Stooges, Peter Farrelly confirmed production of the sequel to his 1994 film Dumb and Dumber, which is already added to the list of Best Sequels of All Time.

In a sense, a controversial radio talk show host, and former Fox News commentator, had it right: The United States could be headed for a major period of social unrest -- or worse -- but not for the reasons he stated.

Determining why the nations of the world are throwing Israeli Jews under the bus is an easy call. Most of the countries with abundant oil reserves are predominantly Muslim.

The lottery preys on the poor, the uneducated, the desperate and the hopeless…