The Noble Young Man of Huaca Rajada

A 20-year-old man who abused and killed a kitten before putting it in a freezer has been told he will be sent to prison.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has been considered a friend of the green movement which is why many Californians were shocked and confused by his announcement that he intends to veto the climate bill passed by the legislature that gives the

Congress crossed a big threshold Tuesday with a vote by the Senate Finance Committee in favor of a healthcare bill. But the vote itself, which garnered only one Republican in support, only underscores the most challenging issue in the

In theory at least, the Obama administration's National Conversation on Fatherhood and Parental Responsibility is one of those rare instances when liberals and conservatives can enthusiastically join together.

While on Facebook the other day, I spied a profile picture that featured the stars and stripes of our revered flag and a hard feeling hit me in the gut. "Ugh," I thought, "another person calling President Obama a communist."

Charles Darwin seems to have had a boundless interest in the many forms life takes on earth. He could find something about any animal or plant that piqued his insatiable curiosity, and masses of such observations fueled his prodigious output

One day in spring 1979, Robert E. Heggestad walked into a small antique shop in Arlington, Va. Mr. Heggestad, a young lawyer from Iowa, was looking for Chinese carpets. The selection of rugs in the small back room was disappointing,

Some of the debtors sitting forlornly in this city's old stone bankruptcy court have lost a job or gotten divorced. Others have been summoned to face their creditors because they spent mindlessly beyond their means. But all too often these days, t

Like most people, you probably think of cholesterol -- if you think of it at all -- and picture fatty foods and heart trouble.