Capto Veritas

A troop withdrawal may not bring budget relief. The economic payoff may be in the nation’s psychology.

For decades, Americans have worked longer hours than people in most other industrialized countries. Will furloughs change our workaholic culture?

Conservatives may be seeking a spiritual leader, organizing principle and fresh identity, but they seem to have settled on a favorite rhetorical ogre: socialism.

Americans identifying themselves as Democrats outnumber those who say they are Republicans by 10 percent, the largest gap in 24 years.

The Indian police and army kill thousands in shootouts every year, from terrorists to petty thieves.

As Barbie and I both turn 50 this month, I propose we celebrate a half-century of shared history.

In Damon Runyon’s short stories of New York in the Great Depression, times are tough on the street, banks are busted and there is very little scratch anywhere.

Venezuela’s president orders the army to take over the country’s rice processing plants, amid a row over food prices.

The US says it prefers an August date for elections in Afghanistan, despite President Hamid Karzai’s call for an April poll.

Mark Cooper’s tumble from security manager to janitor is one of the often hidden consequences of the downturn.