As more people call for Scalia to recuse in the Cheney energy case, here's a brief overview of Supreme Court recusals.

In the wake of Sam Huntington's article on immigration, the Economist comes to the Mexicans' defense.

Not everyone is getting into blogging. Some would rather remain offline.

Sometimes, diplomacy is an olive branch. Literally. Countries that are otherwise rivals are working toward environmental peacemaking.

Just in time for the World Toilet Summit, the SABC pays homage to the porcelain throne.

Office discrimination may not be really about race or sex, but rather the fact that the boss outranks you.

Women's liberation was supposed to be this great paradigm shift in the American society and economy. But what about the low income nannies that made affluent womens' liberation possible?

Watergate redux? 2 Republican congressional staffers may face criminal charges for stealing files from Democratic computers.

"The hummer made me do it." A Florida woman's defense in a murder trial is that she was too busy giving head.

If the only "culture" you get is from Hollywood, you too would think that nobody else in the world makes movies. Wake up, America.

George Kennan, father of Cold War containment doctrine, turned 100 last week.

There's no way to avoid the fact that war results in civilian casualties. But you can certainly make people think that civilian casualties aren't that important.

Alistair Cooke, the man who brought "Letter From America" to BBC audiences for decades, is retiring at age 95.