Childhood is a terrible thing to waste. But Jane Cunningham would beg to differ.The state senator from Chesterfield has proposed a bill to remove restrictions on child labor, thus setting Missouri back oh, about nine decades. In the meantime, Cunningham...

Egypt's going one way while the United States is at risk of going the other.There's much debate about how much the Internet and social networking were responsible for the uprising and revolution in Egypt that toppled President Hosni Mubarak.  Many who...

U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc) is an up-and-comer in the Republican Party leadership. He is very intelligent, a financial hawk, and purports to have a handle on budget matters (we say "purports" because there are diverging perspectives on the true depth...

The majority of American Jews have some sort of affinity for both Israel and democracy. What's happening currently in Egypt is likely to tear those dual values asunder.With the ferocious uprising in Egypt, following indirectly from a single man setting...

We envision the following job posting in national publications:"Wanted: An experienced nonprofit, corporate or other professional needed to serve as CEO of a community-wide organization with a $10M operating budget, that oversees a $100M+ endowment, interacts...

At the very time of an unusual number of coincidental major changes even for the volatile Middle East, Israel's landscape has also experienced a major earthquake with this week's surprise announcement by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak that he has...

Sarah Palin did not shoot Rep. Gabriella Giffords. Neither did Glenn Beck. Or Rush Limbaugh. Or even Giffords' opponent in the 2010 campaign, Jesse Kelly. Giffords was shot by a mentally unstable terrorist, who after attempting to assassinate Giffords,...

Since the notorious NGO Forum of the 2001 Durban conference, nongovernmental organizations have implemented a coordinated strategy against Israel -- isolation and demonization in the international arena. Influential Israeli and Palestinian NGOs are very...

Rewriting Mark Twain is not good for the digestive system.The effort by Auburn University Professor Alan Gribben in editing the “Advertures of Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom Sawyer” to change the “n” word to “slave” has prompted all sorts...

The psychotic episode last week in Arizona, leading to a half dozen deaths and a federal legislator in critical condition, reflects the mutation of hatred into the most detestable of actions.It is predictable that everyone under the sun has deplored the...

Teenagers are notorious for testing limits. Unbound by either the experience or cynicism of adulthood, they can produce wildly erratic thoughts and actions, some brilliant, others destructive, without a full understanding of the consequences.Julian Assange...

'Twas the day before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except, of course, Henry Kissinger's publicists and strategists who decided that the slowest news day of the year was the perfect time for him to apologize, sort of,...