I can see these debates becoming part of a new media fetish. They’re topical, you can be as “wise” as you like, and they’re fun. The world has picked up on the debates, and you can see the styles emerging. Global coverage can't get enough.

Canadian Justice Minister Rob Nicholson announced on July 30th his concern with handgun violence in Canada and promised harsher sentences for those in possession of illegal handguns. While such measures are of course welcome, are the necessary?

It began as an off-the-cuff curiosity that led Joe Williams to hang from the limbs of a tree and to a question that has puzzled scientists from the time of Charles Darwin to today.

Today’s kids aren’t all right, according to the author of The Dumbest Generation. Mark Bauerlein discusses his controversial theory of how the digital age is hurting a child's verbal intelligence.

According to Edgar Mitchell, actual alien contact was made 60 years ago, and has been covered up since. This wouldn’t surprise many people, who’ve been quite unconvinced by official denials since World War Two.

Police ticketed 21-year-old Melissa Farrell after she spanked her child on the behind while trying to keep her from running out into the street during a 4th of July parade in Idaho.

Presumed GOP nominee Senator John McCain of Arizona had immediately called off a fundraiser event after the host made a joke about rape.

So long, 'Party of Principle' we hardly knew ye. It was a fun ride while it lasted, but it is now time for my fellow lovers of liberty and I to read you your eulogy and be on our way.

Much is being made on a PEW global survey of attitudes toward the US and Americans, and how we can make the world like us better. Considering why they don't like us and the problems plaguing many of the nations polled, they'd do better to look in mirrors.

The House voted 251-166 to send the articles of impeachment brought about by Dennis Kucinich, (D-Oh.), to the House Judiciary Committee, which is a procedure often use to kill a legislation.

Recently, Ban Ki-Moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, weighed in on the AIDS epidemic. He said that discrimination against those that carry AIDS must stop immediately.

The Ron Paul Revolution lives on as Texas Representative Ron Paul will plan a rally in Minneapolis, the site of the GOP Convention, on the same day.

With the Sichuan earthquake, one moral has held true: When tragedy strikes, unity follows afterwards. Unfortunately, it is not the same with Burma.

With Obama now Presidential runner for the Democrats, attention is turning to McCain. But as observers and voters become repelled by this deeply flawed and dangerous man, Ron Paul emerges in a whole new light... that of political messiah.

New evidence that chemical contaminants are finding their way into the deep-sea food web has been found in deep-sea squids and octopods, including the strange-looking “vampire squid".

A Canadian waitress was fired from her job this week after she shaved her head to support her friend and raise money for a cancer charity.

Michael Pfleger, the priest that guest spoke at Trinity United Church of Christ, formerly affiliated with Barack Obama, recently said, "They want to kill me." He also received thousands of threats since his public rant.

More than 500 Australian soldiers are set to return home as Australia begins its withdrawal from Iraq, fulfilling an election promise to bring the soldiers home this year.

The prestigious Fulbright scholarship program awarded grants to seven Palestinians who live in the Gaza Strip. Because of the blockade of the Gaza Strip by Israel, the students are not being allowed to leave.

NASA's Phoenix Lander's robotic arm has looked under the vehicle on Mars, and NASA says it looks like there might be a hard icy substrate beneath. The ice-like substance was exposed by the thrusters during landing.