Tucson, Arizona - As doctors Tuesday gave their most optimistic assessment yet for critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the parents of the accused gunman in Saturday's mass shooting broke …
On a day when the president and the nation are mourning the victims of the tragic shooting in Tucson, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) is trying to seize …
How many more members of Congress have to be victims of politically motivated violence before we acknowledge terrorism is defined by the act and not the identity of the …
Preparing for the start of a new semester at the University of Washington, I am pondering what to emphasize to students during the first day of classes. I am …
Toronto - Maybe Canada has something to teach the U.S. about housing finance. One in 4 U.S. homes is thought to be worth less that the mortgage being paid …
While China is already boasting “All aboard!” on a network of sleek passenger trains that zip 200 mph and beyond between major urban centers, the United States is still …
House Republicans have renamed several Congressional committees by changing or removing certain hot-button words such as "civil rights" and "labor" from their titles. The Education and Labor Committee became …
In a display of faux piety, the 112th Congress opened its first day of business by reading aloud the Constitution of the United States. Referring to it as "our …