Kouta (short song) is a type of Japanese vocal music, the most widely known form of which is a song accompanied by a shamisen (three-stringed lute) and performed by female musicians, usually geisha, at traditional, small-scale, Japanese social events....

Elfen Lied (エルフェンリート, Erufen Rīto?) is a Japanese manga series created by author Lynn Okamoto. A thirteen-episode anime television series adaptation based on the manga was produced by the studio ARMS, and broadcast on TV Tokyo from July...

Promise the check is in the mail. Promise you'll respect him in the morning. Promise her anything, but if the topic is skiing, give her a short drive to a big mountain, a warm parka and a hot toddy. Or leave her home. ...

Let's not be naive. Presidents, like diplomats, at times go forth and lie for their country. But when they use lies, repeated over and over, to deceive their own people, democracy is at risk. America recently went through a week of celebration...