The United States is known for having a strong military devoted to the safety of our citizens, and this is one thing that should never be underfunded. Only the economically ignorant would argue that unnecessary...

The funny thing about exercise in Dublin is that girls don’t do it. Yesterday, I stopped halfway through my daily jog for a stretch break. I lifted my left leg up to fit my foot between the railings...

National Public Radio recently featured a story about a new possibility for United States intelligence gathering. It seems the CIA has finally uncovered the same technique (by now, almost age-old) used...

I want a permanent government “shutdown.” I want a radical change in system, reevaluating the fundamental priorities of our government and executing the needed changes. However, we as a nation cannot...

Her small head of frazzled hair popped over the seat behind us. The kind of hair attached the head of an old hag, the kind of hag whose storage area could be mistaken for a compost pile, and whose dead...

Without a doubt, recent debates about legislation aiming to completely defund Planned Parenthood of its government aid have been polarizing. Not that this is any surprise. As per usual, Planned Parenthood...

Yes, you read correctly. A government shutdown is not only possible within the next week, but every day that the Republican-filled House of Representatives and Democratic majority in the Senate fail to...

"I’ve heard there was a secret chord that David played, and it pleased the Lord. But you don’t really care for music, do you? It goes like this: The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift, the...

With every major news headline having to do with missiles going off in Libya, NATO taking military initiative in Libya and the United States helping Libya, it might be easy to assume that we are nearly...

Tell me if this sounds familiar. The United States, with the United Nations, calls for involvement in a country with a ruthless dictator who is known for sponsoring terrorist attacks, oppressing his own...

Last fall, I got a BlackBerry. I had gone for years without a smartphone, instead choosing phones based on criteria like “sturdy” and “cheap.” I could make the owners of smartphones envious with...

It is 1 a.m., and I will not be sleeping tonight. I’m writing this on the overnight train from Belgrade, Serbia to Bucharest, Romania. There’s no bed, no heat and no electricity. It’s very cold,...