Opinion

I was in a local store when I noticed a man wearing a U.S. Navy ship ballcap. I stopped him, for I had spent seven years of my career aboard the ship he was advertising.

There are countless questions yet to be answered about the murderous rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, that left 13 people dead and 28 people wounded Thursday.

The Lions go to Seattle this weekend with one victory assured. That doesn't mean they'll beat the Seahawks at Qwest Field.

It's been 11 years since I looked through a photo album smuggled out of Afghanistan by a brave young woman.

Dear Robin: I'm turning 23 this year and I've done nothing with my life. I change my mind about what I want to do every other week and can't stay focused on any projects I work on for longer than a day.

Medicare and Medicaid, the federal government's health insurance programs for the elderly and poor, play a big role in the health care reform proposals being considered on Capitol Hill.

With their 27th World Series victory Wednesday night, add the 2009 New York Yankees to the team's pantheon of greatness.

Actress Cate Blanchett, who has played Queen Elizabeth I, is performing in Washington, portraying someone less than regal -- flurried Blanche DuBois, in Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire." If Obama administration officials involved in formulating Afghanistan policy see her, they should wince when she speaks DuBois' signature line: "I ...

Allen Park -- It was billed as "a land of opportunity" to prospective free agents last winter, which, of course, sounds a lot more enticing than the "Island of Misfit Toys." It's not as if they were all spotted elephants and square-wheeled trains before Jim Schwartz & Co.

Two forces are available for us to choose from and the one we choose will govern our destiny.

A senior Canadian diplomat posted abroad has egg on his Facebook after accidentally sharing his views with the world, including his rather undiplomatic opinion that Stephen Harper is a "terrible leader." One might think an experienced official in a foreign service obsessed with security would know social networking websites are just slightly more ...

The Australian silence has unique features. It affects our national life, the way we see the world, and the way we are manipulated by great power which speaks through an invisible government of propaganda that subdues and limits our political imagination and ensures we are always at war - against our own first people and those seeking refuge, or in ...

For perhaps the first time in American history, seemingly rational adults will sit down and spend significant time dissecting the off-off-year elections in Virginia, New Jersey and New York's much-discussed 23rd Congressional District.

A year after Barack Obama's election stirred broad hopes for change among American voters, persistent high unemployment and the spectacle of continued gridlock in Washington threaten Democratic dominance of the political landscape.

At trial he recanted, saying he had been coerced. At the time of the killing, he said, he was home watching the Ali-Spinks fight.

It's that time of year when the leaves are falling and piling up. Before we reach for the leaf blower, I encourage all who are able to bust out the good old-fashioned lawn rake.

Canadians who fear their hard-earned tax money is disappearing down a black hole will no doubt be relieved to learn they are actually investing in government mismanagement on a grand scale.

NOVEMBER 03: Pedro Martinez #45 of the Philadelphia Phillies speaks to the media during a press conference at Yankee Stadium on November 3, 2009 in the Bronx borough of New York City.

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Republicans wrested political control of Virginia from the Democrats on Tuesday as independent voters swung behind the GOP, a troubling sign for President Barack Obama and his party heading into an important midterm election year.