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Paris Hilton and the jail factor

The absurd media frenzy over the perils of Paris Hilton shouldn't obscure the serious issue this made-for-TV pseudo-event raises. That issue is the astonishing number of Americans who are in…

With friends like these…

Sixteen years ago, Chicago businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko tried to hire bright young Harvard law student Barack Obama to work in his real estate development company. Obama said no, but it…

Experts say nuke attack will happen

Experts meeting in Miami warn a terrorist nuclear attack somewhere in the world is no longer a question of "if" but "when." …

Powell: Gitmo should be closed now

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says the torture chambers at Guantanamo Bay should be closed immediately because they aren't worth the grief they cause the United States and the…

Gingrich: Ideas for sale to big contributors

Potential GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has promoted public policy positions that closely track the financial interests of companies that underwrite a think tank he founded.

The Center for…

Say what?

It is a backhanded compliment to the power of words that some of them are considered scandalous and bad. Unfortunately, when words go bad, moralists sometimes go crazy.

Alabama lawmakers duke it out

A Republican state senator who punched a Democratic lawmaker in the head expressed regret, saying "that's not the way grown men solve their problems," but he said he won't immediately…

CIA’s secret prisons revealed

The CIA ran secret prisons in Poland and Romania from 2003 to 2005 to interrogate detainees in its war on terror, European investigator Dick Marty said in a report released…

A porn-again debate

A proliferation of pornography on the Internet has set up a debate about the impact on young women: is in-your-face sexuality empowering, allowing girls to act like boys, or does…

Do you know where your gun is?



Usually, it's the small children who accidentally shoot themselves or someone else with a parent's gun that make the big headlines. The teens who commit suicide with a…