This week, a grassroots organization in Massachusetts announced plans to launch a ballot initiative to repeal the state's individual mandate to purchase health insurance. Massachusetts Citizens for Life is primarily concerned about how the growing cost of health care in the state will lead to rationing and denial of care.

A new UN report wrongly urges governments to curb supposed overpopulation problems.

There needs to be a vigorous, wide-ranging effort at congressional oversight.

The Brown election offers the chance for a restart on health care and an opportunity to listen more carefully to the messages of voters.

If it is comfort that you seek, do not go to belief.

We support President Obama's commitment to the aid and reconstruction of Haiti, but it underscores our need for additional military capabilities.

Israeli-Palestinian negotiations are trapped in a futile cycle.

California faces a $26.3 billion budget gap; lawmakers in Sacramento have had no choice but to make desperate spending cuts.