Whisper Campaigns And “Zipper Problems”: How Jeb Bush's Allies Tried — And Failed — To Stop Marco Rubio  —  On the night of the 2010 midterm elections, a portly, silver-haired Jeb Bush stood on a stage in the courtyard of Miami's luxe Biltmore Hotel, appearing to choke back tears.

2 Degrees Will Change The World  —  More Floods, More Drought Inevitable.  How Bad Do We Want It To Get?  —  World leaders are meeting in Paris this month in what amounts to a last-ditch effort to avert the worst ravages of climate change.  Climatologists now say that the best case scenario …

1 in custody in threat at University of Chicago linked to Laquan McDonald shooting  —  University of Chicago security officers patrol the Hyde Park campus quad on Nov. 30, 2015. … An online threat to kill 16 white male students or staff in retaliation for the shooting of Laquan McDonald forced …

Ex-US Intelligence Chief on Islamic State's Rise:  —  ‘We Were Too Dumb’  —  Interview Conducted By Matthias Gebauer and Holger Stark  —  Without the Iraq war, Islamic State wouldn't exist today, former US special forces chief Mike Flynn openly admits.  In an interview …

Clinton opened State Department office to dozens of corporate donors, Dem fundraisers  —  WASHINGTON - As secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton opened her office to dozens of influential Democratic party fundraisers, former Clinton administration and campaign loyalists …

The 2016 Pirelli Calendar May Signal a Cultural Shift  —  When Agnes Gund, the 77-year-old philanthropist and president emerita of the Museum of Modern Art, got the call, she thought: “That's odd.  What's that got to do with someone like me?”  —  When Fran Lebowitz, the 65-year-old author …

Donald Trump's Big Endorsement Event Quietly Becomes a Private Meeting  —  Donald J. Trump will meet on Monday with more than 100 black pastors and religious figures at Trump Tower in Manhattan.  But just how many will actually endorse him afterward is unclear.

We can save atheism from the New Atheists like Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris  —  There must be another way for nonbelievers than to transform, as Dawkins and Harris have done, into toxic know-it-alls  —  hy are the New Atheists such jerks?  Case in point: Richard Dawkins' continuing pursuit …

State sues prisoners to pay for their room, board  —  Melvin Moore is a paroled inmate being sued by the Illinois Department of Corrections to recoup the costs of incarceration. … The $31,690 Johnny Melton received to settle a lawsuit over his mother's death was going to help him start life anew after prison.

How Roger Ailes Built Fox News Into a Media Powerhouse  —  Roger Ailes' first moon shot came when he was 29 years old.  He was in the Oval Office setting up the first interplanetary split screen.  “Eagle” had just landed on the moon.  —  “I had video from the Earth and I realized I could set …

More like Reagan than FDR: I'm a millennial and I'll never vote for Hillary Clinton  —  I never thought I'd be encouraging people to not vote for the Democratic nominee for president.  But I am  —  I am a 27-year-old, politically active, progressive millennial voter.

Senate GOP to meet, discuss ObamaCare repeal  —  Senate Republicans will meet Monday evening to discuss plans to pass an ObamaCare repeal package later this week.  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is convening the meeting to walk through the special budgetary process known …

The wall separating faith and public life must be torn down  —  Our history tells us that faith and public life are complementary parts of American life.  But invocation of the “wall of separation” between church and state has become shorthand for a particular narrative about the history and status of religion in American life.

Addicted to Distraction  —  ONE evening early this summer, I opened a book and found myself reading the same paragraph over and over, a half dozen times before concluding that it was hopeless to continue.  I simply couldn't marshal the necessary focus.  —  I was horrified.

Conference Organizers Hit the Buzzer as Obama's Climate Speech Goes 11 Minutes Over Schedule  —  The French had a message for President Obama during the climate change talks in Paris on Monday: Wrap it up.  —  Event organizers hit the buzzer as Obama's address neared the nine-minute mark …

Trump gets OK to use Twisted Sister song  —  Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider says he gave Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump permission to use the band's hit “We're Not Gonna Take It” on the campaign trail.  —  “He called and he asked, which I appreciated,” Snider told Canadian Business in a recent interview.