On Nov. 25, 1783, the defeated redcoats boarded the last ship out of New York City. Turns out the preceding eight years were nothing but a financial burden on the crown as Britain didn’t need a war to...

Recent reports have shown Syrian rebels are increasingly influenced by Islamist groups, including al-Qaida. About half of all Syrian rebels are not interested in toppling Bashar al-Assad's regime but...

On Monday, April 29, two amazing things happened. The first is that I learned who Jason Collins is; the second, and admittedly more important thing, is that Jason Collins revealed he was gay, becoming...

Let’s talk about a weapon that has killed more than 1,000,000 Americans in the past quarter century and injured many millions more. By proving minimal competence at wielding it, most Americans over...

Recently, I have been thinking about the state of our country and how to make it more secure. We are not on a path for sustainable growth in our economic, fiscal or environmental sectors. As The New York...