Perhaps our Irish friends should not so completely turn their backs on their historical dishes, no matter how many jokes they might have to endure.

It is impossible to exaggerate the wide, and widening, gulf between the American attitude on the Iraq war and the view from our friends across the Atlantic.

As I listened, it occurred to me that interest in and affection for the animals that share the planet with us may be a more unifying force than any other.

America, the temple of invention and industry, doesn't make things anymore.

Currently, 94 out of 100 of us pay the Social Security tax all year round.

For some reason, on that sparkling afternoon last week, I actually saw the coal that was passing by and it set me to thinking how important coal was to our everyday lives when I was a little boy.

It is statesmanlike for the administration and Congress to look to our nation's welfare beyond their terms in office.