Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: May 16 The Blade, Toledo, Ohio, on the state of civics education: “Pathetic.” That’s what former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor called the results of the civ…
The 26th Annual April Fools’ Day Parade begins at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street at 12 noon, Friday, April 1st, 2011.
To prevent chaos on America’s streets, the law requires every driver to know the rules of the road before hitting the highway.
One Supreme Court justice has been playing a prominent role in the Elena Kagan confirmation hearings, and he died 17 years ago: her mentor, Thurgood Marshall.
Thurgood Marshall and Spottswood W. Robinson III confer shortly before Marshall asks the Supreme Court to decree that separate schools for black and white children must end with the new school term in September 1955.
Oftentimes American-style partisanship results in Republicans and Democrats fighting like two mindless gamecocks in the ring.
On the morning of March 22, I raised my flag to the top of the 25 foot pole In my front yard.
US lawmakers return to work Monday to wage historic fights over a nuclear treaty with Russia, a US Supreme Court vacancy, and new rules for Wall Street — all with November mid-term elections looming.
At first glance, the bill seems innocuous. But one of the conditions that can start legal proceedings is: “When the child is living with both biological parents, who are still married to each other, whether or not there is a broken relationship between either or both parents of the minor and the grandparent and either or both parents have used …
From the marbled corridors of Congress to the tony salons of Georgetown, liberal lawmakers are abuzz with ideas on how to rein in U.S. corporations.