Houston elects an openly gay mayor. Houston is a mostly Democratic city by party registration, with a large Hispanic and African-American population, but I think you can't read too much into this as turnout was very low.

If some New Hampshire legislators get their way it will soon be legal to commit adultery in the Granite State.

Acclaimed economist Paul Samuelson has died at age 94.

Social networks are being targeted by online schemers and thieves.

The Mediterranean Sea was filled by a massive flood in less than two years, according to a new theory.

Robert J. Samuelson continues to hammer away at the health reform proposal being debated in Congress, insisting that the savings claimed by proponents of the bill are illusory.

Bill Kristol thinks the Nobel acceptance speech by the President may have been a signal that he is willing to use force to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons. I am skeptical, despite the fact that I liked the tone of the speech.