A recent column by Leonard Pitts was scurrilous to say the least. Objecting to a slew of blogs on the Internet he asks, "What about Muslim-Americans who fight for us?" "At this writing" he says of the Fort Hood massacre, "we know next to nothing." ...more

November 20, 2009

A new photograph released Friday shows Fidel Castro looking less gaunt than in an image two months ago, but the ailing Cuban leader said he doubts he'll make it to the end of Barack Obama's four-year term. ...more

January 24, 2009

Fidel Castro says he doubts he'll be able to follow current events four years from now. ...more

January 22, 2009

so let's not get carried away with kudos for the driver of that aircraft. ...more

January 21, 2009

Are hard times threatening your Christmas dinner? If so, Peru has the answer: guinea pigs. ...more

December 16, 2008

What a filthy, disgusting business is war; always in the final analysis, the product of competing ideologies, its result is the slaughter of the innocents, the butchery of its young men, very young men, who rarely fully grasp an understanding of the dogmas for whom their lives are forfeit. ...more

December 2, 2008

There is an incredible amount of misinformation floating around about Barack Obama. Even if any of it were true, would John McCain be any better? ...more

November 27, 2008

Protesters swarmed Thailand's main international airport Tuesday, forcing the cancellation of departing flights just hours after their comrades opened fire on government supporters in a clash on the streets of the capital. ...more

November 26, 2008

I am a teacher. When I decided to pursue a career in this wonderful profession there were unpleasant circumstances that I knew I would have to deal with on an almost daily basis: managing an unruly student, working hours beyond what my contract requires, patiently awaiting salary negotiations while still performing my job to the best of my ability. ...more

October 15, 2008

Edward Jost had barely settled in America before he was called to war and took a bullet in the face for his country. ...more

September 27, 2008