In February, I got an email with the subject line: Re: LEGAL NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF CLASS ACTION. I assumed it was spam. But nope, it's legit. Facebook users filed a lawsuit against FB charging that the "sponsored stories/ads" were a violation of privacy. Judge Seeborg agreed. The settlement is...

Yesterday morning, President Obama established a taskforce on gun violence led by Vice President Biden. It's an encouraging step, but it's a far cry from a solution.

The only thing that can push a real solution is us. President Obama said as much himself. "If we are going to change...

Every time I hear references to Rep. Todd Akin's crazy talk related to violence against women, I get nauseous. It's a visceral physical response. And I don't think I'm alone in this.

One in every six of my sisters and one in 33 of my brothers in the...

Three women from the Russian feminist punk collective Pussy Riot were convicted Friday of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred." Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, Marina Alyokhina, 24, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30, were arrested in February following an uninvited "punk prayer" of protest against the iron fist and faux democracy of Russian president...

Bill McKibben is a good guy.

He's a Sunday school teacher. He's funny and a little shy. But he's got a big problem.

He just got a job from God -- and it's not an easy one. It seems to me that Bill's been tapped to be the new Noah...

Wednesday afternoon the Nebraska state legislature approved a bill (LB1161) that will allow Nebraska to proceed with a $2 million study to find a route for TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline through the state. Gov. Dave Heineman is expected to sign the measure into law. It's...

Last week Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) introduced a bill (S. 2041) that would give Congress the authority to approve the controversial transcontinental Keystone XL pipeline, without the President's approval. Forty-four Republicans and three Democrats signed on as co-sponsors.

According to MapLight, which analyzes industry campaign contributions to...

I want to beat televangelist Pat Robertson to the jump on today's East Coast earthquake.

Robertson is genius at knowing the mind of God when it comes to natural disasters. He blamed the Haiti earthquake on a God-offending "pact with the devil." Hurricane Katrina was God's pay-back...

This week UnitedHealthcare told a young stroke victim that her health insurance with them does not include the rehabilitation necessary for her to walk, eat, or speak again.

This "hip, young, vibrant and beautiful woman," as her sister described her to me, entered the hospital in December. After more than...

Retired Catholic Bishop Samuel Ruíz Garcia, known as the champion of the poor and indigenous in southern Mexico, died Jan. 24 of complications from diabetes. He was 86.

Bishop Ruiz was a tiny man from a "backwater" state in Mexico. In the eyes of the secular and ecclesiastical powers of...

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star...

Most Americans, including Christians, now support equal rights for gays and lesbians serving in the U.S. military.

A new poll by the Pew Research Center indicates that 58 percent of Americans support equal rights for gays and lesbians in the armed forces. Large majorities of Democrats (70 percent) and independents...