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Sexual politics command passions in American political life far more powerful than those currently focused on Wall Street bankers or on BP. By conventional measures Elena Kagan should sail …

Everybody in the world is broke, except for maybe Lloyd Blankfein, and he may not end up broke so much as broken — by a political meat-grinder that is …

It was a fairy-tale premise: Once upon a time, a charismatic prince appeared magically and gave an inspiring, instantly famous speech. Four years later, he was leading the most …

Scientists have several ways of forecasting when the Eyjafjallajökull eruption will stop. But their data – and history – suggest the Iceland volcano's ash cloud could persist for some …

The water supply of more than two million Californians has been exposed to harmful levels of nitrates over the past 15 years – a time marked by lax regulatory …

Two decades ago, an encounter with a now-famous global trailblazer helped point me on a path of international travel from which I've never looked back. The lessons I've learned …

Two decades ago, an encounter with a now-famous global trailblazer helped point me on a path of international travel from which I've never looked back. The lessons I've learned …

When I was growing up, my father had two favorite words, ignoramus and moron. He hurled them at my mother for any-and-all perceived infractions: A broken glass, over or-under …

Several questions are burning my brain after last week's flare-up over The Wall Street Journal's decision to run a photo of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan In case you …

The tar sands mining project in Alberta, Canada, is possibly the largest industrial project in human history and critics claim it could also be the most destructive. The mining …