In 1908, Ann Jarvis created Mother's Day to honor her late mother. In later life, she fought to shield her creation from commercialization by card companies and florists she grew to despise.

On this the 100th anniversary of Mother's Day, U.S. consumers are expected to have spent an a... Read More

At least 22 people are dead after storms swept through three states Sunday morning, reports the Associated Press.

The storms started in Oklahoma, where at least 6 people died and 150 were injured from the tornado produced by the storms. As the storm system moved east, storms in Georgi... Read More

Tornadoes swept through the midwest states before moving into the southeast, leaving 22 dead, according to CNN.

President Bush, fresh from attending his daughter Jenna's wedding in Texas, pledged federal support, however did not specify the amount: "Mother's Day is a sad day for those... Read More

It is currently being suggested by hundreds of aid workers that Burma's dictatorship will prevent the entrance of any outside emergency assistance, prompting a refugee crisis as well as a “devastating public health crisis," reports the Times Online.

The shipments of supplies being flo... Read More

Political experts say that if Hillary Clinton manages to pull a miracle out of her pantsuit and overtake Barack Obama in pledged delegates and popular votes, she will then be qualified to run for vice president on the Democratic ticket.

All joking aside, my hunch is that Clinton will ... Read More

Author David Horowitz responded today to his recent controversy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. David Horowitz, a popular conservative writer, was derided in a Nazi-like anti-Semitic cartoon, put out by the Muslim Student Association.

The cartoon, which was copied and sprea... Read More

One of the things that I admire in Hillary Clinton is her never say die attitude. Running for the Presidency of the United States is the ultimate campaign in politics and the Clinton family knows how much is at risk. Personally, it is a drag on the human spirit knowing that no matter how much you ... Read More

I thought it was the best thing that had ever come out of her mouth. Hillary Clinton famously lambasted General Petraeus with her take that to believe his reports of progress, one must engage in the "willing suspension of disbelief." The quote, I believe delivered in late 2007, seemed like a terribl... Read More

Clinton Being Undone by Democracy
By Tim Holland

One of the interesting statistics of the 2008 Democrat Primary elections is the one that shows the effect of a “Winner-Take-All” system of assigning delegates for a candidate to one of “Distributed” allocation. By attempting to ... Read More

A train in northern Ontario, 500 miles northwest of Toronto, has been quarantined after a woman has died and several others have fallen ill with an undetermined illness, reports the Associated Press.

The train is carrying 269 passengers and 30 crew members. The illness is contained t... Read More

The Sri Lankan government blames rebel forces - the Tamil Tigers - for the latest explosion in a cafe which has killed 11 and left 29 people injured on Friday, according to VOA News.

The explosion, which wrecked a cafe in Ampara in eastern Sri Lanka, occurred just a day before elect... Read More