The military's history of pollution is long. It stretches around the world, from bases in the Philippines to Okinawa, Iraq to Canada, and to numerous U.S. sites as well.

Without Hillary Clinton, where do women stand? Which other public figure can reflect women's ambitions, and their fears about the price of ambition, in such a profound and iconic way?

Despite damage control efforts, the Susan G. Komen foundation compromised women's health and its brand by cutting off its funding to Planned Parenthood.

Liberals who think progressive taxation will mitigate or reverse income inequality are trapped in the 1960s, fighting the last (budget) war in a reality that no longer exists.

Who knew that the Occupy movement would have such an impact in the Republican primary?

Today's teen suicide epidemic speaks both to the depth of the crisis and our failed efforts to curb it.

The candidate with a smart plan to improve consumer spending will own the votes of the unemployed and underemployed.

Entertainment companies should meet online customers halfway. Why not make more content available via pay-on-demand?

You shouldn't have to hide or lie when you're doing nothing wrong. Yet so-called "liberals" join their rightist counterparts in snickering about Newt Gingrich's request for an open marriage.

We don't trust kids to drink. Hell, you can't even rent a car until you're 25. So why do we outfit a bunch of dumb 18-year-old kids prone to making with high-powered automatic weapons, then unleash them with a license to kill hapless foreigners?

A controversial new book on the Obamas' marriage just might bring Michelle out of her shell.

A roundup of the views of GOP hopefuls on contraception, evolution, and more.

BuzzFeed's arrival has resulted in some grumbling from political hacks, but it's largely been greeted with optimism.

Dear Mr. Romney: What's this European socialist nightmare you're so afraid of? Trust me, la belle vie ain't that bad.

No matter what data you look at -- fundraising numbers or votes cast to date -- it's clear that Romney will have significant challenges matching the grassroots fervor Obama still generates.

The Republican race lacks the glamour of its 2008 equivalent.

Quietly, much of America slowly is following the path previously taken by Europe. Little noticed, secularism keeps climbing in the United States.

As Democrats fiddle, Republican presidential candidate are attacking capitalism's sacred right to loot and pillage.

When religion and consciousness-altering psychedelics enter into the mix, the U.S. legal system twists into incoherence.

The libertarian challenge to the authoritarian tendencies of both the left and the right is an important addition to America's political discourse.