Next week marks a much-overlooked anniversary: It will be 50 years since Lee Harvey Oswald, under the name A. Hidell,... READ MORE

The Connecticut General Assembly is considering a bill that would impose a “hoarders’ tax” on money that the state’s... READ MORE

Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement that he will step down at the end of this month has prompted some commentators to... READ MORE

My late father used to say that no quality of human life was more important than dignity. That wisdom came to mind the... READ MORE

Viewed from the American side of the water, the fanfare about the discovery of the bones of the last Plantagenet monarch... READ MORE

Remember the debate about Iraq and weapons of mass destruction? It’s back for an encore, thanks to Senator Richard... READ MORE

There was something ineffably sad about the recent report that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has... READ MORE

The tragic suicide last week of Aaron Swartz, the visionary Internet activist who helped create Reddit, is being blamed... READ MORE

“The history of coinage is indeed, in many cases, a melancholy record of fraud, folly, and ignorance.” So wrote Sir John... READ MORE

Support for stricter U.S. gun laws hasn’t jumped as fast or as far in recent weeks as many liberals had hoped and... READ MORE