Katie and Mike Donnelly are a year and a half into an experiment that is enough to make a middle-class American break into a cold sweat. The Colorado Springs couple have not bought anything new since January 2007, dollar-store finds excluded.

You might not wake up tomorrow feeling very lucky, but don't fall into complete and utter despair just yet. In some circles at least, it is held to be one of the luckiest days ever.

You might not wake up today feeling very lucky. And what with falling house prices, rising food costs and the ever-increasing cost of motoring, you may well consider yourself quite the opposite.

Eric Hainstock's first letter to 'lt;i'gt;Isthmus'lt;/i'gt;, dated April 15, 2008, got right to the point: 'quot;When I was 15 years old I shot my high school principal. I never meant for this to happen. He grabbed me from behind and I got scared. I was already pretty stressed, so that freaked me out even more. Please don't get me wrong, I am not blaming Mr. Klang for grabbing me. But I am ...

Despite its power to inform and connect people across cultures and time zones, the Internet all too often discourages, or coarsens, a healthy civic discussion. T he Washington Post published a smart, thorough takedown Wednesday of the baseless charge that Barack Obama spurned a visit with wounded troops because he couldn't turn the trip into a public relations coup.

The first thing that comes to mind when someone asks: "How do we deflect a near Earth asteroid?" is "Fire some nuclear missiles at it." However, this might not be the best course of action. Akin to opening a walnut with a sledgehammer, there might be a better, less messy option. This is what Apollo [...]

Businesses are in danger of losing control of the Internet-fueled conversation about their products and services, putting their corporate reputations at risk, a new book asserts.