While it appears that two-time Olympian and three-time U.S. national mens figure skating champion Johnny Weir ended his competitive skating career this month by allowing a Sept. 1 filing deadline

For the first time since Vietnam, and for only the second time in U.S. history, “We the People” have forced the termination of a national march to war, at least for now. The current pause in

This week’s robust U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on the prospect of a U.S. military attack on Syria, in advance of the congressional vote sought by President Obama last

A fearless free press that protects and makes good use of bonafide “whistle blowers” is an indispensable, if not the single most important, part of a functioning democracy, responsible for

In positing the rhetorical question about “the death of journalism,” it must be stressed that it could only happen, in any final sense, in conjunction with the death of democracy, itself. When

Remarkably, the past few weeks have seen an amazing sort of passing in the arena of journalism and news. This week came the death of a third legendary journalist (don’t they say these things