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It could be said a narcissist's best friend is the reflection he sees of himself in the mirror. No other relationship comes close -- unless the narcissist has the unique...

Corporations are people, too, and people get their feelings hurt. What's more, the richer they are these days, the more sensitive they seem to be It's reminiscent of that Hans...

While Sen. John Carlson won't readily admit it, the Bemidji Republican played a key role in the effort to keep the Minnesota Vikings here by building them a new stadium...

If someone shoots a person wearing a hoodie, could it be partially explained because it made the person look like a menacing gangster? Apparently that continues to be the view...

In the early days of the Obama administration, a lot of people, including some Republicans, weren't much bothered by the new president's tendency to blame his predecessor for the nation's...

War may dwindle, Peace may grow; But weapons makers Never slow. What can you do with a bunch of used generals? If you keep them active, they need new assignments...

On his initial road to the White House, President Obama sold himself as "change we can believe in." A day after Mother's Day this year, he ran with that terminology...

Mitt Romney made an important speech at Liberty University, preaching the virtues of tolerance. But some members of the Republican Party he will lead next fall are not listening. Romney...

If Julia Louis-Dreyfus can be "Veep," then why not Hillary Clinton? The notion has been kicked around in the media for more than a year, and pooh-poohed by both the...

Another way that the rich are different from you and me is that their bankers serve them freshly baked chocolate-chip cookies. The über-rich, of course, are used to such coddling,...

The apparent suicide of Junior Seau, the former NFL superstar linebacker, has again raised the age-old question: "Is playing football dangerous, as in potentially lethal?" Let me think about that...

Sheep and chickens. That's what America's greatest corporations have become. Whether it's in California or nationally, it's the same sad story. America's best and biggest companies -- the banks, the...

The future is always a dystopia and the past is always better than this mess we live in right now. That's if literature has any ability to tell us about...

America is not the "social issue fixer-upper in disrepair" progressives make her out to be.

America's 2012 Presidential election has now officially entered its "English Class" stage. On Election Day they'll get a pop quiz to see how well the national voting class learned the...