Americans love our flag. We display it at concerts and stadiums to celebrate, and at times of national tragedy to show our resolve. We have our schoolchildren pledge allegiance to it; we have consecrated it …

Etiquette Everyday ~ Holiday Etiquette – Emily Post’s Guide to Holiday Tipping 2009
The holiday season is traditionally the time Americans choose to thank those who provide them with year-round services. In these tough economic times …

To read Sarah Palin’s shockingly shallow Going Rogue, one is immediately struck by how nasty and vindictive Palin is, and that her book is little more than a veiled mechanism for settling scores with old …

Despite her disastrous performance in the 2008 election, Sarah Palin is still the sexiest brand in Republican politics, with a lucrative book contract for her story. But what Alaska’s charismatic governor wants the public to know about herself doesn’t always jibe with reality. As John McCain’s top campaign officials talk more candidly than ever before about the meltdown of his vice-presidential pick, the author tracks the signs—political and personal—that Palin was big trouble, and checks the forecast for her future.

Ask people what they think of America’s cultural and political influence in the wider world and you’re sure to get a mixed response, even from Americans.
One thing is clear: Most Europeans think America’s political influence …

She used to get foil highlights every six weeks — her shade is Soft Baby Blonde, and she was religious about color — but the last time she called her Manhattan salon, Pierre Michel on …

Michael Jackson meeting President Ronald Reagan in the White House, Washington D.C. in 1984. True to form Reagan gives more of a stand-up than standard politician performance in his speech to Michael Jackson.

The porn industry of California’s San Fernando Valley is under pressure to clean up its act, following the revelation last week that one unnamed female performer has tested positive for HIV. And according to the …

Say this for the U.S. space program: we may have spent the past 40 years mostly ignoring the moon, but when we go back, we go back with a bang. Later today — if weather …

With his round face and sad eyes, Oracio Sandoval, 33, sits at a Los Angeles County welfare office in Carson, Calif., armed with a thick pile of job-application forms. Out of work since January, Sandoval …