The FDA could take over the regulation of tobacco products.

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The John Birch Society speaks out against North American Union of Mexico, Canada, and the United States.

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Remembering Eight Belles and another filly who broke down in 1975, Ruffian.

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Ads for the diet giant turn from the traditional advertising formula of selling need.

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If it's alive, you'll someday be able to find it, cataloged at an ambitious new website—the Encyclopedia of Life.

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John Carroll discovers a hidden gem on YouTube.

Just like its cousin the mixed metaphor, the mangled phrase is becoming part of the media's vernacular.

Ralph Nader is running for president. Again.

At the turn of the 20th century, long before the advent of the Internet, French anarchist and art critic Felix Feneon was writing like a blogger.

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John Carroll is puzzled by the media's recent predilection for comparing Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton with former president Richard Nixon.