When the space elevator is built, it won't be an American device.

Reality must take precedence over public relations.

You can't stop a natural disaster. You can avoid a disastrous response.

For Labor Day, we consider those that don't.

Time magazine gets a clue on welfare, and advocates "creating livelihoods."

What if the stadium is empty? If there are too many empty seats on TV, I'll lose my head. What to do...?

Does "Grand Theft Auto" incite murder? What should we do about it?

A professional law-enforcement officer has re-learned the lessons of history and is offering people who live under his jurisdiction a chance to protect themselves.

Solzhenitsyn warned of "an atmosphere of moral mediocrity, paralyzing man's noblest impulses."

Ingrid Betancourt has learned that there are some people you just don't negotiate with.