“Everyone wants some of [the money]: the unions want it, the council wants to go and spend it, but I would argue first and foremost that it is the public that stepped up to the plate. It is their ...

These past few years the top storylines around men’s professional golf have swirled around one ethos: profit maximization. So it was more than a little refreshing when, earlier this week, amateur Luke ...

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 10: Head coach Ben Olsen of the D.C. United looks on before a game against the Sporting Kansas City at RFK Stadium on March 10, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick ...

Just what is the proper way to use the word "irony" in a sentence? That's one of the many reasons Oakland's Dictionary.com is consulted by more than 50 million people a month. Irony, in fact, is the ...

I would like to commend Don Joyce for his letter “Writers Professing to be Christian are Judgmental” that appeared in your Sept. 10 edition. I found his thoughts insightful and a refreshing step away ...

Death threats, hunger strikes, fears of hired killers on motorbikes and the forced separation from her children all punctuate Ingrid Betancourt's memoir "Until Death Do Us Part," which traces her ...