2 Years Later, Grim Photos From the BP Disaster

It’s like the horrific ending to a preachy sci-fi film… but it seems to be real. Remember the story last week of the dolphins who herded swimmers to protect them from sharks? It seems that now, man has  [more...]

This has been a bad couple of weeks for Hollywood. Word comes today of the passing of Alexander Courage, the composer best known for the theme for “Star Trek.” Imagine having created a piece of music that  [more...]

In 1954, on this very day, the Supreme Court said that “separate” is inherently unequal. “Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs . . . are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the  [more...]