Every generation has its generational markers. For those of the World War II era, December 7, 1941, stands supreme, but the events of June 6, 1944, rank a close second. Seventy years ago on that day, 156,000 Allied soldiers, supported by many more sailors, airmen and marines, embarked on the …

There’s an old saying in Washington, that the most damaging scandals are marked by a “drip, drip, drip” of new information, with new revelations emerging week by week until the scandal finally reaches a critical mass. But with the last two weeks of IRS revelations, culminating in this week’s news …

The Broadway musical “Annie” is enjoying another revival on Broadway. The show opened during the Carter administration when America was in need of some optimism. “The sun’ll come out tomorrow,” sang Annie, and with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, for a while, it did. Now we’re back in …

The great thing about a-holes is you can see them coming. Whether it’s Sean Penn or Janeane Garofalo calling you a racist or wishing you dead, their essential douchebaggery makes them easy to spot and therefore harmless. I wish I could say that about nice people. See, nice people are …

It was all very dramatic. An Emirates airliner about to take off from New York’s JFK Airport is called back from the tarmac and three men are removed from the plane by federal officials. One of those men, 30-year-old Faisal Shahzad, has been arrested in connection with the attempted bombing …

A seasoned reporter who says he was the “conservative wolf” in his Maine newsroom claims he was wrongfully fired after he wrote a harshly critical personal e-mail to a group that supports gay marriage. Larry Grard, 58, was fired from the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, Maine on Nov. 10, less …

Facing student protests ahead of today’s National Students Day — the anniversary of three student deaths in Tehran in 1953 — the state-owned Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI) slowed or blocked completely access to the Internet for most of the state The Internet may be a worldwide superhighway, but it’s …

Last Thursday was a huge victory for FOX News. “The Factor” at 8:00 p.m. beat CNN by 380 percent, MSNBC by 247 percent and Headline News by 299 percent. Total “Factor” audience for 8 and 11 was 5.4 million folks, more viewers than the “CBS Evening News” averaged last month. …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Help Wanted Seven months into President Obama’s term, The New York Times reports the White House has filled less than half of more than 500 senior policymaking decisions requiring Senate confirmation. Political expert Larry Sabato says that with health care reform and …

Dear Viewers, Beginning Friday, “On The Record” starts a long week! We head to Boston on Friday morning so that we can do our live show Friday night from Boston. Of course you all know why we are in Boston — the Democratic Convention (likewise we head to N.Y. in …