By James A. Lyons
By arming the rebels, we're aiding al Qaeda
A national group that focuses on electing pro-choice women to office launched a "Madam President" campaign Thursday that aims to put the first woman in the White House — an effort that coincides with a poll showing Hillary Rodham Clinton as the overwhelmingly favorite to win the Democratic nomination in 2016.
The National Gallery of Art plans to close its modern art galleries for three years to complete a $68 million renovation, adding new galleries and a rooftop sculpture garden.
The National Gallery of Art plans to close its modern art galleries for three years to complete a $68 million renovation to add new galleries and a rooftop sculpture garden.
After putting yet another wearying, bitterly fought national election behind us, do we really need a sitcom set in the White House? Yes, said Jason Winer, a creator of NBC's newcomer "1600 Penn."
Heading back to his hometown, Jacoby Jones couldn't afford to tell the truth.
A man charged with plotting to blow up synagogues in New York City has pleaded guilty to state terrorism charges.
Interest groups are technically obeying an unusual effort to keep third-party advertising out of the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race — including one union that recently switched its Internet ads supporting Democrat Elizabeth Warren to ads supporting President Obama — but that hasn't stopped them from finding other ways to try to sway the marquee matchup.
Like the inventors of the vibrator it depicts, "Hysteria" really aims to please. And like an inattentive lover displaced by the sexual aid, the film never quite satisfies.
Rosalia Adhiambo won't take the free anti-HIV drugs that would prolong her life. The spiraling price of food in Kenya means she can't afford to feed both her grandniece and herself.
Rosalia Adhiambo won't take the free anti-HIV drugs that would prolong her life. The spiraling price of food in Kenya means she can't afford to feed both her grandniece and herself.
Many young novelists turn their hands to the coming-of-age novel about childhood and the growth to maturity - the bildungsroman - because they have only just passed through this stage of life so they know whereof they write.
One year after President Barack Obama signed his historic health care overhaul, the law is taking root in the land. Whether it bears lasting fruit is still in question.
A year after President Barack Obama signed his health care overhaul, the law remains so divisive that Americans can't even agree on what to call it. Even so, it is taking root in the land.
The economic crisis unleashed in 2008 savaged millions of families around the world, leaving them in the wasteland of loss. In the saddest cases, people forfeited homes and pensions; others lost jobs and opportunities. The bereavement and adjustment that follow such losses are the subject of Elizabeth Buchan's novel about the Nicholson family: "Separate Beds."
The title of Ann Hood's new novel derives from a Chinese belief that a red thread ties children to all the people who will play a part in their lives.
"I feel like it's par for the course, if you will, for what they are allowed to do," she said. "I think it is a woefully, woefully, woefully sad amount of money for the staggering loss of life."
Tom's wife, Annie, is a hospital manager, and her salary is just about enough to keep them going, especially after they tell their daughter, Emily, they can no longer subsidize her attempts to write a novel; she must get paying work and contribute to the bills.
