Privacy in the traditional sense is most certainly dead. But the killer isn't the NSA. It's the Internet itself — or, more to the point, our entire reliance on it

If Congress wants to limit President Barack Obama's ability to wage war on Syria, it must use its appropriations power.

The transfer of authority from the legislative branch to the executive branch has been, on the whole, a terrible thing for the U.S.

The case for declining a White House invitation because of political disagreement is weakest when the occasion is purely ceremonial and the president is acting as head of state.

If U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning had been charged with treason, it would have elevated a reckless act into a brave choice of some ideological significance.

Last week’s resolution on climate change by the General Synod of the United Church of Christ has garnered mostly admiring attention from the news media. But I must admit to a degree of perplexity and sorrow over the document, which seems to place the ...

One cause of the growing American fury in this political age is that a large, distant federal establishment is not terribly well-suited to give ear to ordinary dissent.

James Gandolfini's legacy will remain a cascade of popular television programs that people who search for quality aren't embarrassed about to watch and debate.

Amid the scandals swirling through the U.S. news media, you might have missed the announcement that one of the great puzzles of number theory had been solved.

The attack on the Boston Marathon is a reminder of the adage that terror is theater — as is the response to terror. It matters who gives the better performance.

The zombie craze sweeping the U.S. is a warning to baby boomers: Our children are worried that the fortifications along the wall might not hold. Let's hope there's time to leave them a different legacy.