Iraq…24/7. That's what will dominate the news over the next two or three weeks, as the…

Again, I am compelled to write about the current debacle of sub-prime mortgages. Its fury and…

The nation's capital leads the nation in childhood obesity, according to a recent U.S.…

This nation faces a clear choice this September. President Bush will insist that the Congress continue the war in Iraq and demand another $50 billion for the occupation. That is on top of the $147 billion already pending for Iraq and Afghanistan this year, and that's on top of the $460 billion annual military budget. The United States will spend about as much as the rest of the world combined on its military this year. ...

I was in the airport the other day awaiting my flight and decided to go into a bookstore. In a prominent position sat a book called "Religion of Peace?" by a Robert Spencer. Intrigued by the title I examined the copy only to discover that it is one of the crudest and blatantly ahistorical attacks on Islam that I have seen in a quite a while. Essentially, the author attempts to argue that Christianity is the religion of peace and Islam is not. ...

The Democrats don't get it. George Bush is determined to stay in Iraq up until the last hour of his presidency and pass on this hot potato to the next president to deal with. He has set them up with a "fund the troops" strategy, that recently secured the requisite funding for a troop "surge" on the promise that General Pretraeus will report to him in September on whether it is working or not. ...

After one of my uncles died several years ago, some of us decided we'd gather every Labor Day weekend in Johnson City, Tenn., where my only remaining aunt and uncle on my mother's side live after migrating from Tuscaloosa, Ala. Like many family agreements, this one has yet to materialize, though some of us come to Johnson City this time every year just to be with one another. ...

The recent hullabaloo surrounding dogs has given new meaning to the "dog days of summer."
This year's dog days, just like the unbearable heat in many parts of the country, especially in my neck of the woods, Cincinnati, Ohio, were thrust upon us like an albatross around our collective neck.  ...

Fred Thompson calls the Bush economy "the greatest story never told," lauding four…

The horrifying triple murder of three college-bound teenagers in Newark provides a startling…