"Machismo got a bad name starting with the feminist movement, where it was used to label male behavior that women found offensive," the novelist Robert B. Parker once told Amanda Smith in a Publisher's Weekly interview. "But if you called it a commitment...

There was a time when Roy Jones Jr. was considered the best "pound-for-pound" boxer in the world. He was the draw for a sport that struggled to find legitimate heavyweight money-makers after Mike Tyson left a void that was clearly never filled. And...

Energy: The new Democrat-led Congress can, with a few bold strokes, help win the war on terror while slashing America's dependence on foreign energy. Will it have the vision and courage to do so?As the world economy slows, oil prices could weaken. And strange as...

Health Care: With Americans pinched by rising costs and looking for solutions, there's a risk of writing bad ideas into law. There's also a chance to do reform right.The "universal care" bandwagon is rolling, as if it's 1992 all over again. Barack Obama says every...

With Derek Anderson struggling to find his touch on a windy afternoon, the Cleveland Browns threw away a chance to make the playoffs for the first time in five years.No surprise, really. Nothing comes easy to these guys.Anderson's consecutive interceptions set up a pair of...