"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...

Robert B. Parker has launched a couple of new mystery series featuring Jesse Stone, North Shore policeman and recovering alcoholic, and Sunny Randall, a feisty female shamus. But he remains as loyal to Spenser as his readers do. Spenser's new adventure departs from...

Byline: COLIN YOUNG AS A beneficiary of Jose Mourinho's Carling Cup rotation policy in a previous life, Newcastle captain Scott Parker knows only too well that it is a competition the Chelsea manager treats seriously. Parker was an integral part of...

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...