Mark Jacob

Filmmaker-provocateur Michael Moore is out with his new film, "Sicko," an indictment of the U.S. health-care system. Here are some selected short facts about him: 1. As a teenager, Moore...

As Tracy Swartz observes in an accompanying piece, young people draw a blank on the 1967 crystallization of hippie culture known as the Summer of Love. But even veterans of...

The Group of Eight summit starts Wednesday in the small Baltic resort town of Heiligendamm, Germany. The meeting of the world's leading democratic industrialized nations is attended by the United...

The City Council, riding on the momentum of its bans on foie gras and smoking, enters a new session following recent elections. Here's a look at its lore: 1. The...

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and head of the government-in-exile of Tibet, which has been under Chinese authority for more than half...

Fifteen British sailors and marines were captured by Iran on March 23, and the only woman among them was singled out as a prime propaganda tool during their 13 days...

The major league baseball season opens Sunday, but both the Sox and Cubs will wait a day and go into action Monday afternoon, with the Cubs playing in Cincinnati and...

Vice President Dick Cheney has been far more newsworthy than the president in the past few weeks. On Tuesday, Cheney's former chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was convicted of...

The confrontation between the United States and Iran seems to grow more bitter every day. Last week, Iran defied a United Nations deadline to stop enriching uranium, which the U.S....

Robots killed at least 14 people in Pakistan last January. The mechanical attackers were airborne Predator drones, operated by remote control by the CIA. They fired Hellfire missiles at the...