The government's plan to heal the economy by making more credit available to people who have already acted irresponsibly is an exercise in futility and stupidity. ...more

November 29, 2008

Police have arrested a Florida woman they say followed her ex-husband across the country and then stabbed him repeatedly at an Iowa mall. ...more

July 10, 2008

The persistent and dramatic decline in the snowpack of the mountains of the West is caused primarily by human-induced global warming and is not the result of natural variability of weather patterns in the region, researchers reported Thursday. ...more

February 1, 2008

It's painful to see Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney having to defend his religion. It's also sad that some Americans just can't get past the "religion thing" with candidates, and make their decisions based solely on their religion, or their supposed lack thereof. That said, what Romney needs to defend is his frequently changing stance on important issues. That's where his campaign is falling down. By every standard, Romney is a good American and has been extremely successful as a businessman and as a politician. He's a Mormon, too, and for a fairly large number of evangelical Christians, that's enough to not vote for him for president. ...more

December 7, 2007

Some students have to transfer from one school to another, leaving behind friends and familiar surroundings. ...more

November 7, 2007