The fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal ever  —  New data shows that the “vanishing” of polar ice is not the result of runaway global warming  —  When future generations look back on the global-warming scare of the past 30 years, nothing will shock them more than the extent …

Fox's Wallace to Ben Carson: After Vaccine Debate, Is GOP the Science Denialism Party?  —  After a week in which vaccinations suddenly exploded from a bipartisan fringe hobby to a wedge issue for the GOP 2016 class, Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace asked Dr. Ben Carson …

Brian Williams won't keep his date with David Letterman  —  Brian Williams is backing out of his scheduled appearance on CBS's “Late Show with David Letterman,” citing the uncertainty about when he'll be back at his anchor desk.  —  The “NBC Nightly News” anchor is at the center …

Lawmaker sorry for saying having child from rape is ‘beautiful’  —  A West Virginia lawmaker has apologized for saying that while rape is awful, a child that results from a rape is beautiful.  —  The comment from state Rep. Brian Kurcaba was made Thursday when members of the West Virginia House …

Stock Buybacks Are Killing the American Economy  —  Traders work in a booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, July 3, 2012.  (Richard Drew/AP)  —  President Obama should be lauded for using his State of the Union address to champion policies that would benefit …

Tucker Carlson: 'Christianity Is The Reason We Don't Have Slavery In The World Today'  —  Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Sunday declared that all slavery in the world had been eradicated thanks to the Christian faith.  —  At the National Prayer Breakfast last week, conservatives accused …

The Best Way to Address Campus Rape  —  THE campus rape debate took another hairpin turn last week when The Daily Beast published an interview with Paul Nungesser, the Columbia student accused of raping a fellow student, Emma Sulkowicz.  She has been carrying a mattress around the campus …

Colorado GOP tries to ban ‘welfare for weed’ against Democrats' wishes … DENVER—Everyone in Colorado from Republicans to marijuana moguls wants to stop welfare cash from being used to buy recreational pot, but standing in their way are the state's formidable legislative Democrats.

The Insiders: Obama's week of jaw-dropping follies  —  As President Obama enters the uninhibited twilight of his presidency, some of what we are witnessing from him is shocking yet informative.  In the past week, Obama's words and actions have revealed the thought process behind how policy decisions are made in his administration.