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Dr. Manny walked into the office this morning huffing and puffing about something new that was bothering him, so against my better judgment, I asked him about it. He pointed to his wrist and said, “See these cute little bracelets? They’re called Silly Bandz, and I think they could potentially …

You met, you fell in love, had sex – all the time. You put a ring on her finger and started a family (not necessarily in that order). By most standards, you’re living the American dream—except that your sex life seems to have gone the way of the rotary phone. …

The U.S. Coast Guard has confirmed police are investigating the deaths of two men who were hired by BP as clean-up workers. According to several published reports, one of them was a boat captain, who had become so despondent over the situation, that he took his own life. Fifty-five-year-old, William …

Here we are, picking up the slack for the rest of the media again; they seem fairly disinterested in the New Black Panther case that was dropped by the Justice Department and Eric Holder. Remember the footage from the 2008 presidential election? It’s of New Black Party members who were …

The U.S. dollar hit a new low for the year overnight and there is talk at the United Nations of ending the dollar’s long role as the principal unit of international trade. The U.S. unemployment rate continues to climb, reaching 9.7 percent in the past week. The federal deficit is …

The latest tsunami in South-east Asia raises again the real fear in this region of another horrific disaster. But will the warnings save lives if a killer wave again strikes? Any warning will help some people have time to escape to higher ground, but the reality is that lives are …

As I wrote in my book “Culture Warrior,” there is a battle in America between traditional people who believe in individual responsibility and secular-progressive folks who are largely against making judgments about personal behavior. This fight has been going on since the early ’70s, when traditions in America broke down …

As we told you Thursday night, it’s difficult to cover this story in a fair way because there are so many elements contained in the massive spending bill, and nobody knows whether the flood of money will actually blunt the recession. It is a huge gamble. But Friday we learned …

I am saddened beyond belief by the passing of John Updike. His literary accomplishments will be written about and celebrated for the rest of time. But it his personal touch that I feel so compelled to say a little something about. I have known John and his breathtakingly beautiful wife …

According to new research, performing two Google searches can create the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle. Worse, apparently the global IT industry generates as much greenhouse gas as the world’s airlines! Immediately, I thought how ironic it is that the man leading the fight against global …