We need to work harder at inspiring more women to go into politics and we need more respect for the way in which they are treated and covered by the media — along with the questions they are sometimes asked. As a professional journalist for more than 25 years covering …

LONDON – Flags flew at half-staff around Ireland and the country’s parliament suspended normal business Wednesday as the nation mourned six students killed when a balcony collapsed during a party in Berkeley, California. Prime Minister Enda Kenny offered a message of sympathy and books of condolences were opened at University …

After years of secrecy and resistance from the United Nations’ flagship anti-poverty agency, the United States has called forcefully upon the United Nations Development Program to provide full details of its spending and financial oversight, or face the possibility of a cut-off of its funding. The cutoff threat came in …

Friends and family of Samir Khan, the American Muslim radical who was killed Friday in Yemen alongside Al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki, said they saw him heading down a path to violence and tried to get him on the right path through interventions in 2008 before he moved to the …

Everything around us is flowing with radioactive energy. Take the bananas in your kitchen, which are loaded with potassium — they build muscle strength and make your heart healthy. And a tiny fraction of that same chemical emits radiation, as does a microwave oven and even your own body. Yet …

The Penn State climate professor who has silently endured investigations, hostile questioning, legislative probes and attacks by colleagues has finally spoken out. He says he’ll sue the makers of a satirical video that’s a hit on You Tube. Their response: Bring it on. Michael Mann, one of the central figures …

Update: Thanks to FoxNews.com’s coverage of this event, the Journal of Cosmology reports an additional 100 volunteers for the voyage — which was never taking submissions in the first place. Due to the volume of interest, the journal asks future volunteers, or those supporting a human mission to Mars, to …

Los Angeles-based digital media company Cherry Tree recently unveiled its first four series of children’s books focused on delivering patriotic and morally instructive children’s entertainment with fun, engaging characters that impart strong American values. “Unfortunately, many talented people in Hollywood find their values and politics do not reflect the content …

With presidential elections looming, the Obama administration has launched a high-profile campaign in favor of belt-tightening at the United Nations — but without the threat of withholding U.S. funding for the sprawling world organization. The aim, at least in part, is to preempt even tougher action proposed by the Republican-dominated …

When it comes to the 2012 presidential race conventional wisdom now holds two truths. First, as I have been arguing for some time, that the consensus Republican front runner is former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. And given his strong performance in the most recent debate on Saturday night, there is …