Many liberals are coming around to the view that the forty-plus-year “War on Drugs” initiated by the Nixon Administration in the 19...

Reader Jeff sent me a most fascinating article about the first known joint stock company.  Many think that honor goes to the Dutch East Indi...

Iraq is back in the news.  Al Qaeda-inspired militants have descended on the country from the north, overrunning large swaths of territory a...

The drumbeat of killings goes on.  In the past few days we have seen random shootings take place in Santa Barbara, Las Vegas and Troutdale, ...

Tomorrow is the California Primary Election.  Like many people these days I've already filled by VBM (vote by mail) ballot out and sent ...

I'm jazzed today due to Dodger pitcher Josh Beckett's no hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies.  I got to hear most of the 6-0 Lo...

What do Democrats need to do to hold on to their majority in the U.S. Senate this year?  Much of the national political speculation fo...