Whoops — make that 10.1 billion people on Mother Earth in the year 2100. The population isn’t going to level off at 9 billion after all.That’s the latest estimate from the United Nations population division,…

True believers doubt that Osama bin Laden was wrapped in that sheet that slid into the sea from an American craft last weekend. He was, after all, the great escape artist who escaped from the…

Canada’s Conservative Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, and his party won an outright majority in Parliament Monday, giving Harper the right to govern without the need for constant compromise for the next four years.The election is…

Because China has a population of 1.4 billion, things happen on its social scene in super-size. One of the first things an American will notice in any public place in China is how many are…

Fort Riley is one of several U.S. Army bases that will embark on projects to use less water and energy and manage their waste so efficiently that none will wind up in a landfill.As is…

Heart-rending stories continue to pour out of Alabama where tornadoes struck three times within 10 hours last Friday, left towns in tatters and killed hundreds there and in adjoining states.Iolans live in tornado country, too.…

Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia is a conservative Republican who has campaigned against tax increases and in favor of deep cuts in federal spending. He also is a reasonable man who understands today’s political scene…

Note to budget cutters: the U.S. economy slowed sharply in the first quarter. Economists cited these factors: high gas prices, which slowed consumer purchases for other things; bad weather, which slowed construction projects; and a…

Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, held his first full-fledged news conference yesterday. Others are expected to follow every quarter or so.  The decision is a good one. The Fed needs demystifying. Answering…

John Mauldin said the “world is coming to the end of a 50-year debt supercycle and the austerity required to put us back on solid financial footing will hammer ordinary Americans.”Who’s John Mauldin? He earns…