Op-Ed

Gen. Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army, surrenders to Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, ending the Civil War.(CREDIT: Library of Congress) …

On this anniversary of the largest accidental marine oil spill in history, attention here in south Louisiana is focused on the consequences of that traumatic event. As the Deepwater …

About 10 years ago, a new radiation treatment for prostate cancer came on line. A single course of “intensity-modulated radiation therapy” cost Medicare about $42,000. The older radiation therapy …

Washington - Handicapping an election 19 months away seems relevant only to political junkies except for this: Expectations, as shrewd investors know, affect actions. The Republican presidential …

Conservatives have been saying lately, “We're broke,” and need to cut back on the things we (government) do to protect and empower each other. They have a unique definition …

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry launches a missile against Col. Moammar Gadhafi's military on March 29, 2011. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Sunderman/U.S. Navy via …

Just days before the recent earthquake struck Japan, a controversy erupted over comments attributed to Kevin Maher, the head of the State Department’s Japan Desk. In news reports that …

Leading Israeli politicians have claimed that Israel's conduct has been vindicated, distorting Justice Goldstone's op-ed so comprehensively that Amnesty International excoriated the Israeli spin as being "based on a …

President Barack Obama has launched his 2012 re-election campaign and is promoting increased investment in clean-energy technologies, and the success of these investments is growing increasingly important. Investments in …

While much of what has come to be known as “the Arab Spring” remains a work in progress, there can be no doubt that a new dynamic has been …