Former Washington Post columnist Colman McCarthy is literally Mr. Peace. He founded the Washington Peace Center in D.C., and he’s taught classes on peace and nonviolence at Georgetown University, American University, and the ...

Of all the unproductive and pernicious taxes, I"€™ve long regarded the estate tax as the most antithetical to a just society. To work your entire life and pass on your earnings to your next of kin is the thrust of civilization. ...

The claim by Oxfam, the charity that so loves the poor that it is safe to predict that it will never abolish itself no matter how rich humanity becomes, that the eight richest men in the world own as much as the poorer half of the whole ...

Needless to say, I feel no particular sympathy for banks: for example, my bank charges me 6.37 per cent on electronic transfers from Australia to Britain, even to an account denominated in Australian dollars. I should like an ...

People are afraid of Ebola, and they have a right to be"€”but they also need to understand it.   Ebola is a highly dangerous viral infection, killing more than half of those infected. The death rate is higher than that in cases ...

HOME Two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon. A female restaurant manager, a Chinese graduate student, and an 8-year-old boy were killed, and nearly 200 others were injured. Federal agents pieced together that a black bag and pressure ...

HOME The City of New York agreed to pay Occupy Wall Street $365K for stomping all over its book tent when the NYPD raided Zuccotti Park in November 2011. ... Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell asked the FBI to investigate how Mother ...

HOME Film critic Roger Ebert announced Tuesday that he would be taking a leave of absence, adding, “I am not going away.” He died on Thursday. ... Two young girls called 911 after witnessing the abduction of a couple in ...

HOME Hopper Penn, the 19-year old son of Milk actor Sean Penn, tackled a photographer whom he subsequently called a “faggot.” Noticing the man was black, Hopper called him a "€œfucking nigger.” ... An eBay user ...

HOME NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg introduced legislation requiring stores to hide tobacco products inside cabinets or under counters where customers can’t see them. ... The Government Accountability Office said it will not allow ...

HOME A judge smacked down Mayor Michael Bloomberg"€˜s soda ban in New York City. Bloomberg vowed to appeal the decision, calling it "€œirresponsible not to try to do everything we can to save lives."€ ... The US Department of ...

HOME Officials in NYC found that nearly 80 percent of the city's public-school graduates had to relearn basic reading, writing, or math after arriving at community college. ... A seven-year-old Maryland boy was suspended from school ...