Earlier this year, Congress approved a $168 billion economic stimulus
package that aimed to provide a temporary boost to the economy through
handing out checks to the masses. Many presidents are tempted to try
to stimulate the economy in this way. While Bush did it...

The other day my brother Reverend Run texted me with some exciting news: the parenting book he recently wrote with his wife Justine, Take Back Your Family: A Challenge To America's Parents, had just made the New York Times bestseller list. While some might be surprised that a parenting...

The most memorable scenes of the Beijing Olympics are not what Michael Phelps accomplished in the pool but what he did right after emerging with yet another Olympic gold medal after every swim. Here, a twenty-three-year-old athletic superstar took his flowers from the medal podium, climbed over benches and photographers,...

...tell 'em to talk to my friend Harry Rhodes. He's proof that "healthy, local, and organic" isn't just for foodies and the so-called well-heeled.

For seven years, his Chicago-based non-profit, Growing Home, has provided jobs and training for the homeless, the previously incarcerated, and people with low incomes....

No wonder. It has it all -- scandal, sex, treachery...

On August 14, 2008, President Bush signed into law the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (the "Act"). This legislation, sponsored by Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR), comes a year after last summer's recalls of millions of toys. It took the recalls and the deaths and hospitalizations of children resulting...

Despite being plagued by a bad ankle all season, Plaxico Burress of the NY Giants was still able to haul in the winning touchdown pass in last year's Superbowl. Unfortunately, despite an offseason of rest and treatments, he started this preseason with...

A single gallon of gas in Chicago currently costs most than a sandwich, chips and a Coke. A ticket to fly -- coach! -- to my brother in LA is over $400. Money is tight. People are canceling Netflix, cutting coupons and pinching pennies.

It all makes me wonder: What's...

It's 11:40am. A perfect summer's day. Not too much humidity. The streets are alive with people. I'm in a taxi, trying to get through New York City traffic to Penn Station to catch my train to Washington DC, which leaves at noon. My train leaves in 20 minutes and I'm...

There are over 6 billion people of people on the planet and it doesn't matter how old you are, the cards are always shuffling and there is someone out there for each of us no matter what our age.

But how do we choose someone who is potentially a good...

Dear Phyllis

I'm in the middle of my quarter-life crisis and trying to figure out what to do with my life. I have a job but not a career path. I date, but I have never had a serious relationship. I hardly feel like a grown up and I get really embarrassed...

Every morning for breakfast I have three sandwiches of fried eggs, cheese, lettuce, tomato, fried onions, and mayonnaise, one omelet, a bowl of grits, and three slices of French toast with powdered sugar; I then wash it down with three chocolate chip pancakes with butter, syrup, and whipped cream.

Wait...

Are you a food addict? Is there such a thing? What do people mean when they say they're food addicts? Aren't we all food addicts? We need to eat to live so... It's like saying you are addicted to water or sunlight. "Hi, I'm Irene. I'm a water addict." "...

By Jerry Zezima

Being the kind of person who is calm in any emergency, which means I am more likely to faint than spring into action, I always thought I could save a choking victim by performing the Heineken maneuver. This involves clearing the victim's air passage with beer and...

Once again, Lawrence King is in the news. His parents have filed a lawsuit against the school for "not enforcing the dress code."

I think I'm going to scream.

Lawrence King wore feminine attire to school. He wore what all the girls were wearing. He was a...