World-renowned climatologist James Hansen has just described adopting the U.S. policy of long-term commitment to fracking as "screwing your children and grandchildren." Yet Democrats' presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton endorses precisely such a policy, having pushed hard for global fracking as Secretary of State. So doesn't that make the legions of Democratic politicians who've endorsed her "climate criminals"?

Layoffs don't have to be part of the equation to keeping print newspapers alive. In truth, just the reverse is necessary. Here's why.

The real scourge of modern society is the effect of programming and algorithms on the structure of thought. To reduce reasoning to zeros and ones, yes or no, and black and white is to encourage perpetual ignorance and unforgiving idealism that has no compassion nor capability of distinguishing nuances that the real world encompasses.

"The Tears of Dark Water" is about Somalia and the multi-dimensional fallout of the 20-year civil war on the Somali people and the rest of the world, including piracy, terrorism, child soldiers, and refugees. I wanted to write a book that would tackle the age-old problem of violence and its consequences for ordinary human beings, both those who perpetrate it and those who are victimized by it.

The US Congress passed a five-year, $305 billion highway construction bill Thursday, sending it to President Obama who will sign it into law. The final bill, after protracted bipartisan negotiations, cleared the House of Representatives by a 359-65 vote and passed the Senate by a margin of 83-16. Three Republican senators who are running for president, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, voted against the bill.