As we get ready to enter the next decade of the 21st Century, it is time to once again boldly go where no one has gone before. Doing so would revive the country's psyche and provide jobs for U.S. workers. Washington must announce a goal of sending a manned spacecraft to Mars by 2020. ...more

November 28, 2009

Among the pop culture icons turning 40 this year is that cheerful, clever, Muppet-filled kids show "Sesame Street." ...more

November 8, 2009

On July 20, 1969, people crowded around black-and-white TV sets to watch Neil Armstrong take man's first steps on the moon. ...more

July 16, 2009

When Margaret Callija was a child in rural Connecticut, she often heard tales about the man on the moon. ...more

December 6, 2008

Every generation has its "Where were you when ... ?" question. From Pearl Harbor to the Twin Towers, history's landscape bears the craters of pivotal, often literally explosive, moments. ...more

November 23, 2008

I can't explain it to my 11-year-old son. ...more

October 21, 2008

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS **½ While anything remotely "Star Wars" potentially is a welcome trek for hard-core fans, this will be a mixed thrill given that the saga returns to the big screen as a cartoon. ...more

August 14, 2008

Sir Edmund Hillary, a beekeeper-turned-mountaineer from New Zealand who with his Sherpa guide became the first known men to reach the summit of Mount Everest, died Friday at Auckland Hospital. He was 88. ...more

January 11, 2008