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At Pittsfield Middle High School in southeastern New Hampshire, the students are individually and actively involved in their own learning. This enlive...

The murderous attack on the office of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris last week can be seen in the context of modern French society: its c...

A good friend with a dry sense of humor asked Wednesday, “So, how do you feel about terrorists attacking the French version of The Onion?” He was, of ...

T he deadly attack by Islamist gunmen on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has spawned the hashtag response #JeSuisCharlie [“I Am Charlie”] ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — They pushed boundaries, one cartoonist said. They were "absolutely crazy," another said. Across the globe, in Greece, India, South...

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The writer is addressing the question, “Do carbon dioxide’s pluses trump its global warming negatives?”) The leaders of the United Sta...

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The writer is addressing the question, “Do carbon dioxide’s pluses trump its global warming negatives?”) In a thinly disguised assault...

W hile some people in the audience during Monday’s Allegany County Board of Legislators annual reorganization meeting appeared jaw-dropped as legislat...

Will any of the 2016 presidential candidates mention the many colleges that widely censor students' free speech? Probably not. But at least a news ana...

CHICAGO (AP) — Bruce Rauner became a Republican rock star when he unseated a Democratic governor in left-leaning Illinois, pledging to run Barack Obam...

In 2014, our country went cannabis crazy, bringing to 18 the number of states decriminalizing pot. Colorado opened boutiques selling “mountain high su...

As Washington welcomes the 114th Congress, the capacity of our national legislature to address the nation’s problems is in doubt. Public approval of C...

What if I told you that Islam once produced the world’s most scientifically advanced and intellectually productive civilization? It’s true, and you’ll...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — As he heads to Washington on Monday to meet with Barack Obama, Enrique Pena Nieto leaves behind a year that was hardly what he had ...

Here’s an idea that periodically develops traction across the political spectrum, even though it’s not particularly likely to be implemented: A one-ye...

Christmas Eve brought the unwelcome news that a lab worker at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may have been exposed to the Ebola virus....

For the 114th Congress, convening Tuesday, Kentucky is the home state of the Senate majority leader; the speaker of the House is from Ohio, and the Se...

NEW YORK (AP) — Mario Cuomo loved to tell the story of how his father, an immigrant from Italy, lost his business in the Wall Street Crash of 1929. "A...