THERE'S AN OLD spiritual that says, " 'Tis a great day since I been born." The tune sings within me as I digest the results of the tremendous Barack Obama victory on Tuesday night. This event was mega-miles from 1888, when abolitionist ..

Non-violent protesters, including Iraq war vets, were arrested outside Hofstra University one the evening of the last presidential debate. Before being arrested, however, mounted police charged the sidewalks & injured innocent people. Posted for Laura H.

The Associated Press reported shortly after 11 p.m. that Obama's opponent, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, had called Obama to offer his congratulations.

John McCain and Barak Obama have seized upon the publicity surrounding the economic storm as an opportunity to advance their respective platforms. Let's compare who is better from the perspectives of a Day Trader.

There is not a Republican way to pick up the trash or a Democratic way to pave a road. Real Americans are like Larry the Cable Guy: "Get 'er done."

From the report: "Acorn has acknowledged that some of its part-time canvassers have submitted false or duplicate registrations, and the authorities in about a dozen states have been looking into reports of suspect voter registration applications."

Under pressure from then-CIA director George Tenet, the government, in a series of secret memos, officially approved the CIA's "interrogation methods" (aka torture) used on prisoners around the world.

No doubt every old hamburger palace across America has its loyal fans, but Louis Lunch in New Haven, Connecticut may be the best-known and most loved. It is an undisputed fact that it the is longest continuously-operating hamburger joint in America.

The Algonkian language of the Arapaho is dying out. There are 2 dialects, one spoken by the Northern Arapaho in Wyoming, the other by the Southern Arapaho in Oklahoma. In Wyoming tribal elders want to ensure that their language lives on through the young.

Charming vignette of a child's introduction to the playful Pablo Picasso.