Op-Ed

Americans are learning the truth about the executive's elastic definition of

Looking up ‘jihad’ in the dictionary does not a jihadist make.

“American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer” is a fascinating and complete history of the bomb.

When will we attack the structural roots of crisis?

To paraphrase an old line about Vietnam, sometimes it seems to me like we haven't spent four years discussing the response to economic crisis; we've spent one year discussing …

Researchers at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration report that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere underwent one of its largest single-year jumps ever in 2012.

There have been some fascinating studies about the effects of meditation. Buddhist monks and Trappist friars have been hooked up to EEG machines to record subtle changes in their …

The historical debates surrounding the legacy of Hugo Chavez have begun. Perhaps one day I will join these debates. But not now. Attacks on Chavez “the dictator” or Chavez …

Across the world, women's work is still undervalued and undercompensated.

"In an unprecedented move, Obama — who rarely even makes calls to the Hill — is taking a group of Republican Senators out to dinner tonight. On the menu? …