Philadelphia Daily News

In the book "The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris," liberal author Peter Beinart posits that a string of military successes - the first Gulf ...

For example, a 100-megabit broadband connection costs about $16 a month in Sweden and $24 a month in Korea, according to the New America Foundation. ...

Nor, as voiced by the author and al Qaeda expert Peter Bergen, and others, does torture produce valuable information. While the practices employed by the captors at Guantanamo Bay may not be as severe as the Inquisition's, they were as wrong and an ...

It's not news that the cost of a college degree has risen significantly over the last couple of decades.

Since 1990, tuition and fees have risen by nearly 225 percent at four-year public colleges and by 154 percent at private four-year colleges. The real story is that tuition growth rates often fluctuate wildly from year to year -- which makes it hard for families to plan ahead and budget enough to cover the costs.

Last year, students at Villanova faced an unexpected tuition and fee increase that was double the previous year's.

With Ralph Nader in the race, Democrats are fuming and no doubt preparing to use the same legal tricks they used in 2004 to keep Nader off the ballot in many states. Republicans are cackling with glee.

But Republicans shouldn't cackle too loudly. They've also been hurt by the spoiler dilemma.

As the college football season nears its final showdown between Ohio State and LSU, the media-stoked frenzy over which teams were selected for the Bowl Championship Series has reached a fever pitch.

Penn State is in the Alamo Bowl, with less money and media attention. But if team academic performance were considered by the BCS, Penn State would have fared much better.