Remember this date.... this piece describes an historic breakthrough of the first order.

"Grammar Girl here. March 4 is National Grammar Day. So I've created a special grammar-related top 10 show to celebrate the occasion. Organizer Martha Brockenbrough, who writes about grammar and language for Encarta, has fun suggestions for National Grammar Day, including...

"How Come That Idiot’s Rich and I’m Not? When I started reading the book, my first impression was: So here's another book that will tell me that I can buy real estate for "no money down", how I can make 6 figure passive incomes etc. I was right...but Robert is not...

"The last, best hope for averting a war with Iran lies with the United States military. The Democratic Congress, cowed by the Israel lobby and terrified of appearing weak on defense before the presidential elections, will do nothing to halt an attack. The media, especially...

"Widely heralded as one of the most important artists of his generation, Olafur Eliasson nimbly merges art, science, and natural phenomena to create extraordinary multisensory experiences. Challenging the passive nature of traditional art-viewing, he engages the observer as...

"I joined the American Legion a few years back. As a veteran of the Persian Gulf War in 1991, I was eligible to do so for some time but always hesitated, perhaps out of a sense of trying to deny that my days as an active-duty combatant were long past. Every year, on Memorial...

The twist here is that Oscar Pistorius is seeking a berth in the Beijing  Summer Games in 2008, and not its cousin, the Paralympics. He faces obstacles beyond the physical though, as Olympic officials disagree over the "advantage" Pistorius' artificial limbs...

"For all those journalists and politicians who keep insisting that there are new "glimmers" of "hope" in Iraq because of the new security plan started 6 weeks ago, here is a sobering statistic from the Iraqi government. (I'm looking at you, John McCain. See below for more on...