Going green will not be optional in Cambridge, Mass., if the Cambridge Climate Congress has its way. It will be mandatory. There will be congestion pricing to reduce car travel. Curbside parking will be eliminated. There will be a carbon tax “of some kind,” not to mention taxes on plastic …

The largest ecological disaster in U.S. history has largely been taken care of, the government claims. Many scientists aren’t so sure, however. In a five-page report, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) claimed “a vast majority” of the BP oil spill is now completely gone. The remaining 25% consists …

They oughta call them the Time Bandits. Everyone knows leap years occur every four years. But thanks to science’s ability to measure things very, very precisely, every now and then we have to add in an extra second, too — a “leap second” that keeps our clocks coordinated with the …

The old idiom “in like a lion, out like a lamb” might need some revising in 2011. Based on a recent study by the University of Hawaii, March 2011 will go out more like a sea monster — thanks to the BP oil spill. As BP abruptly halts efforts to …

A recent survey of U.S. Army members shows almost 50 percent of soldiers are unhappy in their service and more than half are pessimistic about the future of the military. Such news quickly brings the “bad old days” of post-Vietnam America to mind. Our fighting forces returned from Southeast Asia—many …

Aging barns dot America’s rural landscape, rickety reminders of the the hard work that built communities, but these iconic structures are slowly disappearing, removed to make way for new homes and urban sprawl as long-time family farms close. Few realize the numbers are dwindling but a dedicated contingent of enthusiasts …

It is a great day for America – and for freedom everywhere. Now that Usama bin Laden has been killed via a U.S. raid on his hiding-in-plain sight compound in Abbottabad, a northern suburb of Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, we need to take five steps that will help build success in …

Three weeks before the U.N.-sponsored Rio + 20 summit conference on sustainable development, member countries that the United States hoped would produce a five-page summary of goals are instead haggling over a mammoth grab-bag of demands for new planetary regulation and assertions that industrialized countries, led by the U.S., should …

Looking for justice? Move to Mexico. When it comes to looking to the U.S. courts for protection, you may have a better chance if you’re from south of the border. Kathryn “Kate” Steinle was shot dead on July 1, allegedly by Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, a Mexican felon who was in …

An Oval Office speech is a rare and powerful event. With both the American flag and the president’s flag at his back, and the White House Rose Garden glimpsed through the windows, the president sits behind the Resolute desk, made from the timbers of HMS Resolute, an abandoned British ship …