The statements and actions of the Westboro Baptist Church are precisely the sort of offensive, unpopular, marginal viewpoint that the First Amendment was designed from Day One to protect.

Obesity has now reached the point where serious engineering consequences are required.

Contrary to Al Gore's predictions, our current lack of hurricanes is causing significant problems.

It does seem slightly odd that the famous Nobel Peace Prize should go to someone who is famous, more or less, for talking loudly.

How can you take action in a rational way if you won't even take the time to understand the issue you're incensed about?

Virtually everyone who is anyone in American politics and media has roundly condemned any thought that Iran's President Ahmadinejad should be allowed to desecrate Ground Zero with his noisome presence. They are making a mistake.

This year's episode of Civility Strikes Back relates to the baggy-pants half-moon.

Now comes what may be the solution to the global warming hysteria, and from a most unexpected source.

Why are we allowing an Islamic public school, teaching intifada, in New York City? Don't we already have enough terrorists?

Mr. Cho's victims' families shouldn't be suing Virginia Tech; all it would accomplish is to enrich greedly lawyers while doing nothing useful.