George Bush and Tony Blair take heed: The world is watching, and we're not forgetting. Your age of impunity is over. We are now entering the age of accountability.

The Bush tax cuts on those making more than $250,000 expire at the end of the year. Another round of Democratic in-fighting is set to resume on whether to extend them. Here's what Rep. Mike McMahon of New York had to say on the poss...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Taliban fighters plan to disguise themselves as civilians during a looming NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan, a militant commander told NBC News....

A strong earthquake struck Mexico this evening, registering with a 5.7 magnitude, according to the USGS. The Mexico earthquake struck in the Oaxaca region in...

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Iran is set to deliver a "punch" that will stun world powers during this week's 31st...

Chuck Todd does his bit to make sure poor rightwingers like Sarah Palin don't get picked on by big bad liberal media types.

The contrasts between the two movies fighting for box office supremacy in China are obvious. "Avatar," which is winning the battle, is a Hollywood-made film...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Ricans have elected their first woman president as the ruling party candidate won in a landslide after campaigning to...

Democrats have been hitting former Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) for his domestic lobbying, but the biggest attacks on his lobbying past might stem from his...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The Haitian lawyer for 10 U.S. Baptists charged with child kidnapping tried to bribe the missionaries' way out of jail and has...

Thanks to the internet and social media, the Uruguayan Carnival can be enjoyed by nationals living abroad and tourists who once fell in love with the forty-day celebration.

Obama's been out there giving kickass speeches, but how good is his actual policy? When it comes to food, not very good.

Diana West writes:  "A couple of week's ago, I blogged about Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's charm-blitz through NY, juxtaposing Fox News' Neil Cavuto's sweetheart interview with "the prince" and Charlie Rose's far more revealing ...

Happy Sunday! This week’s recipe is kind of a request. One of my friends asked if I had a “good Jewish or New York style Rye”. I always cringe a little bit when someone asks after ”good” Rye, because, frankly, it is not an easy bre...

Over the past year Google and Apple grew apart from allies to fierce competitors, climaxing with Google's release of Nexus One, the smart phone that is touted as the only real threat to Apple's iPhone. And the Syrian blogosphere joi...

From The Times, February 06, 2010 - Ginny Dougary He was a world-renowned industrialist whose secret life as a gay man led to his downfall....

I know I shouldn't be surprised any longer, but I still can't help it. In a recent edition of The New York Times, after seeing...

The US is imposing a series of trade and financial sanctions which are affecting the daily lives of Syrian citizens in several areas. Syrian youth use the Internet to protest the grounding of Syrian Air's fleet, thanks to the ban o...

Sarah Palin's turn before the teabaggers was an exercise in emptying the US Constitution of meaning while seeming to exalt it.She praised US military personnel for defending the constitution.But she complained that constitutional pr...

Blue, Black and White Alert writes about Joseph Stalin's presence on Facebook.