Opinion

New York - The Alaskan political star says it's time to end all energy subsidies. If she runs for president, will this hurt her in ethanol-producing Iowa? Full Story »

New York - With its hippie look and fruit-flavored tobaccos, the communal water pipe may seem like innocent fun. But some say the hookah is a stealthy killer Full Story »

New York - Many Americans routinely insist that taxes are too high. But by some measures, they are at their lowest rate in decades Full Story »

New York - The African nation's new military regime comes under fire after an Egyptian general admits that female protesters were subjected to degrading exams Full Story »

New York - On Tuesday, 97 Dems supported the idea of raising the debt ceiling without any spending cuts, saddling their party with a politically unpopular vote Full Story »

New York - The image: On Wednesday morning, the space shuttle Endeavour and its six-astronaut crew safely touched down in Cape Canaveral, Fla. It marked the conclusion of the shuttle's final flight, a mission in which the crew delivered a $2 billion cosmic ray detector to the International Space Station, and completed four spacewalks. The astronauts were also able to snap some "stunning" photos on the 16-day trip. One shows the shuttle docked at the space station, the earth spinning below as night descends. (See the image below.) "It's pretty spectacular, the view of the planet from orbit," the mission's commander, Mark Kelly, told reporters Monday. "It's something you never forget." Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - "The Rules" urged women trying to hook a man to play "hard to get." As insulting, dehumanizing and childish as the rules might have been (for instance, say no if he doesn't call by Wednesday for the weekend), there's plenty of anecdotal evidence (not to mention the sales figures for the book) suggesting they work. Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - In the 1970s, "The Boys on the Bus" exposed how a clubby pack of male political reporters ruled the road to the White House and shaped the news. Four decades later, an outsider gal from Alaska has commandeered the 2012 media bus — and left Beltway journalism insiders eating her dust. We've come a long way, baby. Full Story »

Creators Syndicate - One part of the liberal media's Obama re-election effort is well under way: trying to destroy the reputation of Fox News and its president, Roger Ailes. Two long, new magazine "exposes" have attempted to demonize Ailes and his allegedly brain-dead minions as the antithesis of good journalism. Full Story »

New York - Mama Grizzly is playing a "cat-and-mouse game" with the press, ducking them at every turn and leaving reporters "confused and scrambling." Is she damaging her 2012 hopes? Full Story »

Steven Tyler, leader of the megaband Aerosmith since the '70s, is now the star judge of "American Idol"; Tyler's new memoir is No. 2 on The New York Times' best-seller list. Full Story »

WASHINGTON -- Poor Mitt Romney. I'm beginning to feel a bit sorry for the guy. Full Story »

The Nation -- It’s fitting that Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel resigned in disgrace on Memorial Day. This is, perhaps, the most misunderstood holiday on the books: a day used by politicians to celebrate war, which was first organized by freed slaves to honor Union soldiers buried in a Charleston, South Carolina, mass grave. The connection lies in the deception. Full Story »