The Boston Phoenix wins the "oops" award for a piece claiming that the gun-toting teen is a media myth -- one day after Littleton.

Director Kimberly Peirce discusses the hazards of low-budget filmmaking and the intricacies of bringing this heartland tragedy to the screen.

Her explosive role in "To Have and Have Not" suggested new possibilities for female autonomy and sexual agency

When Ronald Reagan's invoked "states' rights" in 1980, it helped seal a massive political realignment

Aspirations to expand national service programs have cropped up before

Monday: Gorge yourself on the empty calories of reality TV with "The Bachelor," "The Hills" and "American Gladiators." Plus: What did you think of "Battlestar Galactica" on Sunday?

How the drug war cost Al Gore African-American votes in Florida.

As the author of "A Killing in Costumes," I play detective to discover the origins of the cozy mystery genre I love

Clinton's popular vote win, if it holds, would put her just ahead of Al Gore in 2000 — both of whom lost

The odds are long for McCain, but this is no time for Democrats to embrace irrational exuberance. Here are four ways McCain might be able to turn it around.

Ignore the right-wing outrage: Barack Obama couldn't have found a better vice president than Joe Biden

It wasn't Christianity that gave a pack of old fogeys like the Inklings the power to rule the world

Faye's unabashed TV persona separated her from other evangelicals, who were often portrayed as fundamentalists

Voters reject the Gingrich-Starr agenda

An angry right-wing revolting against a Democratic president and "impure" Republicans: We've seen this before