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Greetings! My name is William Rivers Pitt, and it has been my great honor and privilege over the last ten years to be a writer, editor, interviewer and advocate …

In the good-and-good-for-you department, food scientists are now touting the health benefits of enjoying a handful of nuts every day. I, for one, am glad, because I love nuts …

Imagine an America where an openly lesbian Navy officer is specifically reached out to by her ship's commanding officer to ensure she knows she's welcome to bring the guest …

What part of “immigration reform” don't you understand — or, rather, don't want to understand? The send-'em-home crowd doesn't “get it” that a new enforcement regime must be paired …

Will Israel be America's New Iran? In international relations, it's good to know who your friends are. Those in the White House today, and those who wish to …

When Undersecretary of State William Burns reported that the US and Russia were “making very good progress” on nuclear arms reduction talks, I was reminded of when President Dwight …

It was seven years ago that I found myself running the wrong way up Sixth Avenue with my high school sweetheart. Through the rain we ran, with peace on …

Pennsylvania is the only state to permit live pigeon shoots. A Pennsylvania district attorney accepted campaign funds from an organization that promotes killing live pigeons in contests, and then …

“We remember, we advance,” read the marble plaque to the employees of the women's ministry who were killed in the Haiti's January 12 earthquake. Surrounding the plaque on the …

He died 20 years ago this month, but I can still see him, a tall, wiry, gray-haired, hawk-nosed man. I can hear him. I see him pacing restlessly back …