It's often been said that the lessons learned on the playground translate surprisingly well to the real world. (I know I've said it before.) One thing that has come …

Well, she did it. Carrie Underwood won American Idol, giving her the record contract and the use of a private jet for a year. She defeated Bo Bice and...

The ACLU released a FBI memo that contains a prisoners report of a Guantanamo guard flushing a Koran.WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An FBI agent wrote in a 2002 document made …

Poor Photoshopped approximation Jason Fry at The Wall Street Journal reports on the D: All Things Digital conference, including this bit about Bill Gates.The Microsoft Corp. chairman's appearances in …

Ten celebrity (or semi-celebrity) stories you may have missed...Tom Cruise, acting the fool on Oprah - Tom Cruise, speaking the fool on Brooke Shields' postpartum depression - [Seatle...

I've written before about my dedication to language. Another way in which that manifests itself is in how much I get bothered when I see or hear words being …

I think I'm getting over my outrage over the Senate "compromise" on judicial nominees and the filibuster, after venting and getting a couple hours' sleep. And with that behind …

For the last umpteen weeks, we have had rainy, sleazy weather every weekend. Yesterday, when someone commented on the weather, I replied that it was just a typical early …

Never mind that erstwhile HuffPo non-contributing contributor Warren Beatty was making news over the weekend attacking California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, there's been an actual Hollywood star sighting at HuffPo; …

And just when you think you've heard it all when it comes to illegal aliens flouting US laws, here comes another one. Charles Bueno came to the United States …