It wasn’t a big surprise that Paris Hilton’s Web video response to John McCain’s “Celeb” ad gained instant traction: It racked up more than 6.8 million views on FunnyorDie.com. Countless outlets, including the “Today” show, ran and reran the video. …

During the Super Bowl, the seventh game of the World Series and the “American Idol” finale, Americans can be counted on to sit in front of their television sets. The same is true of the quadrennial political conventions. America is …

Next week, Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, will deliver his acceptance address in front of 76,000 fans at a stadium normally reserved for the Denver Broncos. It’s hard to overstate the magnitude of Obama’s challenge as he seeks to …

For six hours on the evening of Oct. 28, 1920, some 75,000 New Yorkers strode down Fifth Avenue in an old-fashioned torchlight parade led by Calvin Coolidge, the Republican vice presidential nominee.

That parade through Manhattan presaged an …

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce supports both public and private sector action to control greenhouse gas emissions. In order to be effective, such action must be based on sound science, rational debate and realistic solutions. Unfortunately, on climate change, this …

In 1988, NASA scientist James Hansen testified before Congress that “global warming has reached a level such that we can ascribe with a high degree of confidence a cause-and-effect relationship between the greenhouse effect and observed warming.” The science behind …

Later today, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama will sit on the same stage for the first time during this presidential election. But don’t call it a debate. It is a “civil forum” hosted in the heart of conservative Orange …

The key to waging a successful presidential campaign by either Barack Obama or John McCain will be their ability to use their respective conventions to overcome generational tensions. What happens in Denver and the Twin Cities could give the nominees …

August can often be the cruelest of months. Just read Barbara Tuchman’s “The Guns of August” to get a sense of the series of misplays, miscalculations and miscommunications that sparked the first World War all in the merry month of …

I would like to offer a different perspective regarding federal insurance regulation than that offered by Peter Tedone of the American Council of Life Insurers in his recent opinion article, “Small Insurance Firms Favor Federal Charter.”

It’s a …