With Republicans controlling all branches of the (North Carolina) state government for the first time in more than a century, the legislature pushed through a wide range of conservative change. The ...

Tennessee judge orders baby's name changed from 'Messiah' (Reuters) - A Tennessee judge has ordered a baby's first name changed from "Messiah" to Martin, saying that the only true messiah is Jesus ...

Marissa Mayer, one of only a handful of women leading Fortune 500 companies, has become the talk of Twitter and Silicon Valley for her controversial move to end telecommuting at the struggling ...

In order to facilitate the growth of community and (I hope) promote somewhat more civil exchanges, I’m starting an occasional feature in which regulars tell us a bit more about themselves.

I've been remiss while on family vacation here in Pittsburgh in not starting threads on topics in the news. Just because I feel I have nothing useful or interesting or provocative to say about these ...

"Oh, no!" I hear the NRA cry, "anything but a task force!" "Our chief weapon is surprise," snarls the White House. "Surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... our two ...

I'm off today but thought I'd open up a comment thread on this horrific incident in Connecticut. I'm certain there are no pat answers to why these kinds of incidents keep happening -- there will be ...