The politicization by the Republican Party of the tragic attack on the US consulate in Benghazi has been a security disaster for the United States. […]

Scientists in South Korea have taught Koshik the elephant what sounds like a few words of Korean.

Chris Woods writes at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Analysis: How Washington Post strips casualties from covert drone data The Washington Post: is it telling […]

The Syrian opposition appears split on American intervention to shape its leadership. The Syrian revolution is a grassroots affair, with hundreds of small groups on […]

Laughing camel being tickled.

Hurricane Sandy knocked out electricity to New York University’s Langone Hospital, which had to evacuate its patients. Bellevue Hospital also had to be cleared and […]

NASA scientist James Hansen explains that we are facing a planetary emergency and that the public is still largely unaware of how menacing it is. […]

Colorado mom captures little daughter’s frustration with the length of the presidential campaign. Back story here.