David Levine, 83, an artist whose witty caricatures illustrated The New York Review of Books for more than 40 years, died Tuesday at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan of prostate cancer and complications from other ailments. Levine's drawings of politicians, celebrities, writers and historical figures typically had large heads and exaggerated features - Albert Einstein with a nimbus of hair, Richard Nixon all 5 o'clock shadow and ski-slope nose. ...more

December 31, 2009

Jamie Bernard Bain woke up singing on his first full day as a free man. ...more

December 19, 2009

Conservatives champion the essential characteristics of America: liberty, enterprise and ingenuity. As world leaders consider how to transform the way we make and use energy in the face of a changing climate, it's time for an energy policy true to that spirit - and it shouldn't be anathema to the American right. ...more

December 12, 2009

I am amazed so many people are blaming U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite for the debacle that passes for universal health care that the House of Representatives passed on a very narrow vote. ...more

November 21, 2009

I am almost tired of writing about the hypocrisy of the Democrats and liberals in this country ...more

October 28, 2009

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's hastily announced news conference had all the earmarks of Richard Nixon's famous concession speech in 1962, after he lost the campaign for California governor to Democrat Pat Brown. ...more

July 6, 2009

A spokesman for Stacy Keach says actor is recovering after having a mild stroke. ...more

March 20, 2009

Anyone who has attempted to bring comic book writer Alan Moore's work to the screen has encountered difficulties. Moore himself now routinely asks that his name not be included on the credits for films based on his work. ...more

March 5, 2009

Paul Harvey, the news commentator and talk-radio pioneer whose staccato style made him one of the nation's most familiar voices, died Saturday in Arizona, according to ABC Radio Networks. He was 90. ...more

March 1, 2009

"Slumdog Millionaire" is arriving at the last stop in its rags-to-riches journey, steaming into the Academy Awards as the surefire favorite. ...more

February 22, 2009