In his State of the Union address, President George Bush announced, "We have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil." Apparently, we were supposed to react to this revelation with astonishment.
Iran's pursuit of nuclear technology has highlighted the venality, impotence and outright incompetence of the world's leading nations.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig's dream of a "World Baseball Classic" between competing national all-star teams may join the XFL and the Lingerie Bowl in the pantheon of laughably misbegotten sports promotions.
The surprising development of most revolutions is not the overthrow of the old regime, but the speed with which the revolutionaries are discredited.
If "three strikes" were a universal rule, the United States' prison systems would be serving hard time.
Last Thursday, General Motors announced that it would pull its advertising from The Los Angeles Times.
The Bush Administration's decision to sell modern fighter jets to Pakistan demonstrates total contempt for history and dark designs for the future.
The time has come to revisit the concept of the electric car. The triple bind of energy dependence, global warming, and toxic emissions should draw the concern of all Americans.
Last year at this time, the Democratic Party had a different set of goals, a different champion and a different race to win.
Meet "moral values," the Republican Party's imaginary friend. They go everywhere together, especially in the red states.