The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two.

Sure, science involves trial and error. Scientists refine theories each day. But as they do, they help us grasp more clearly the wonders of the world and the universe.

Investigators have discovered that dogs can laugh, which can't be too big of a surprise.

American journalists and politicians made a perfect spectacle of themselves in discussing the Abu Ghraib prison controversy.

The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam.

We've got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people that hope isn't just possible, but essential.

That said, ID does not qualify as science because it gives us nothing to test or measure. Science requires replicable tests involving measurable variables.