Now that the incident of Harvard Professor Gates and Sgt. Crowley has ended with a "happy hour" with the president, one wonders why our president got involved in the matter. ...more

August 5, 2009

"Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination," by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann (Counterpoint, $33) ...more

January 18, 2009

Caroline Kennedy emerged from weeks of near-silence Friday by saying that after a lifetime of guarded privacy, she felt compelled to answer the call to service once issued by her father. ...more

December 27, 2008

8:45 a.m.: The line is moving right along, and voters at the Jackson Heights NFL Youth Education Town Center in College Hill are streaming in and out. There are fewer voters this morning than Charlotte Cornelius thought. ...more

November 4, 2008

Remembering 9-11 today conjures a flood of memories and emotions even seven years later. We recall the horror of it all. The droning planes honing in on their targets. The explosions, people running, buildings collapsing are all part of it. We also remember the incredible stories that came out of that tragedy, and the swell of patriotism we all felt. ...more

September 11, 2008

His voice firm, his wave familiar, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy told a cheering Democratic National Convention on Monday night that his is "a season of hope" for an era of justice and fair prosperity with the election of Sen. Barack Obama as president. ...more

August 26, 2008

Former Vice President Al Gore said on Thursday that Americans must abandon fossil fuels within a decade and rely on the sun, the wind and other environmentally friendly sources of power, or risk losing their national security as well as their creature comforts. ...more

July 18, 2008

Frank Cianci of Hudson says Reese's assessment of JFK flawed. ...more

May 24, 2008

If six suspected terrorists are sentenced to death at Guantanamo Bay for the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. Army regulations that were quietly amended two years ago open the possibility of execution by lethal injection at the military base in Cuba, experts said Tuesday. ...more

February 13, 2008

Hundreds of fans bid on urinals, chunks of concrete and plastic orange seats Saturday, hoping to take a little piece of the Orange Bowl home with them. ...more

February 10, 2008