Syrian refugees have supported Russian airstrikes, and may already be returning as the prospects for peace in Syria grow with Russia's aerial operation. Syrian refugees…

Ukraine is headed straight toward a full-scale default on its public debt, which currently totals $70 billion, of which $40 billion is owed to foreign…

And of course he quoted Tolstoy. Russian President Vladimir Putin once again had to pull all stops at the International Valdai Discussion Club’s 12th annual…

Following the first ever congressional hearing on “Stingray” cellphone surveillance, new details reveal the Secret Service and the Internal Revenue Service are also using the controversial…

Just ten days ago we described the latest unintended (we hope) consequence of the Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare, when Colorado's largest nonprofit co-op health insurer…

Did you ever wonder how a cell phone might affect your brain? When you think about it, the use of cell phones is massively experimental,…

Our food system is in big trouble. It’s in big trouble because the global agritech/agribusiness sector is poisoning it, us and the environment with its…

ur inboxes runneth over with congratulations from American friends. “Pleasure to be able to look north without wincing,” “we’re all thrilled to have regained our…

In July, I blogged about a study that revealed subtle links between money and happiness. The study, which analyzed Gallup surveys of 450,000 Americans in…

Have you noticed how often conservatives who disagree with a policy proposal call it a "job killer?" They're especially incensed about proposals to raise the…

Periodically, in the vast spans of time that have preceded us, our planet’s living beings have been purged by planetary catastrophes so extreme they make…

On Friday, Sputnik News, RT International, the Jordan Times and Reuters said Russian and Jordanian officials agreed to establish a “special working mechanism” to share…