commentary

The United States faces a drastic shortage of college students earning STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) degrees, policymakers say. To ...

So … a white NBA team owner walks onto a cattle range. Strike that. A white rancher walks into a sports arena ... Damn. I’m trying to wring some grim ...

More than Benghazi skeletons should haunt Hillary Clinton’s expected 2016 presidential bid. It now seems that the entire war in Libya — where thousand...

“Ay Obama/Ay Obama go a little crazy come to Havana.” — Grupo Interactivo (Cuban pop band) It’s often assumed, or even taken for granted, that U.S. po...

THUMBS UP: Allegany State Park will receive $1.5 million — the state has allocated $1 million to rehabilitate deteriorated campsites and $500,000 to r...

A familiar battle is brewing in New Jersey, where state law requires the daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public school classrooms. An ...

In a move that could result in more transparency regarding the chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing process, a major supplier to the oil and gas...

Today’s lawmakers have plenty to say. Each legislative session is packed with hearings, press releases and news conferences. But should we even bother...

Even though the recent financial crisis is barely in the rearview mirror, risk is starting to build once again in both the U.S. mortgage and housing m...

In an election year, it’s inevitable that both political parties will select bumper-sticker-friendly wedge issues upon which to build their campaigns....

JERUSALEM (AP) — Nine months of U.S.-driven diplomacy have left Israelis and Palestinians less hopeful than ever about a comprehensive peace agreement...

WASHINGTON — There’s a big difference between principle and pigheadedness. While claiming to uphold the first, congressional Republican opponents of t...

WASHINGTON — The Affordable Care Act just narrowly escaped another near-death experience in its first year of full-scale implementation. Emergency rep...

Do you own a smartphone? If so, you are a target for opportunistic thieves. Robberies and thefts involving smartphones are now the most common propert...

It was a chilly spring day in Washington when Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret Heckler made a historic announcement. “The probable caus...

I usually don’t say anything about the politics of running the city, especially the debacle about North Union Street. Maybe it will turn out right — w...

We’ve all heard the dire pronouncements: U.S. science and technology is losing ground to its global competitors because of a nationwide shortage of sc...

During the continuously explosive debates about education reform and teacher evaluation, no mention has been made by the media in all its forms of a p...