This has not been a great season for the Christmas tree. First there was the short-lived federal effort to add 15 cents... READ MORE

I first met Christopher Hitchens some years ago at a panel put together by a publishing house. Our topic was, as I... READ MORE

The recent publicity surrounding the very old news that members of Congress aren’t prohibited from trading stock using... READ MORE

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A deal may be in the works to allow the Obama administration to comply with a subpoena from the House Energy and... READ MORE

On the day Muammar Qaddafi died, a French warplane and an American drone attacked the convoy in which he was trying to... READ MORE

Unless you follow chess, you probably missed the news that Hikaru Nakamura, the most talented player America has... READ MORE

It isn’t hard to predict how the controversy over defunct solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC will end. Congressional... READ MORE

I am not sure what exactly led Google Inc. to decide to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible by... READ MORE

Taxes are in bad political odor these days. True, there has been no era in which taxation was popular, but we seem to... READ MORE