As a trade embargo on Cuban cigars in the United States is still in place, it is good to remember one of the Cuban cigars’ greatest fans, the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

Ridley Scott’s movie, “Robin Hood” is a reminder of popular culture’s recurring fascination with two related things. One is the idea of outlaws as heroes. The other is the [...]

A fierce battle is underway, pitting the massive, profitable energy industry against the smaller agriculture industry

Commentary on the Arab revolution has been marked by a mix of hopeful anticipation for the triumph of democracy over tyranny and reserved trepidation about the challenge of [...]

Most arguments against bike lanes are absurd. Consider this: We have wide roads everywhere to accommodate cars, most of which carry only one person.

‘The best way of commemorating 9/11 is, in my opinion, promoting ideas of goodness; talking about goodness,’ said Johns Hopkins professor Dr. P.M. Forni.

I remember vividly the terrible day when our lives and our world changed forever. I ran downstairs just in time to see the second tower crumble like a sandcastle.

Action must be taken to stop the ethnic cleansing of the Nubian people in North Sudan.

In 2008, economics student Tim DeChristopher went to an auction set up by the Bush administration for the oil and gas industry. He bid $1.8 million for the right to drill on [...]

Women are starting to take the lead in nations around the world in protecting the environment.