Charles M. Madigan

About 100 years ago, the Sears catalog offered what might be viewed by modern corporate America as the perfect implement, a device that could be attached to almost any mechanical...

Searchers on Saturday found a milelong trail of debris on the ocean floor off Long Island leading to what could be the fuselage of TWA Flight 800, potentially the most...

Forget for a moment that it was a series of basketball games and think of all but one of the Bulls as vastly talented but very insecure individuals, a lot...

The decorations weren't brassy or shiny, involved no flashy ribbons and weren't much bigger than the end of a baby's finger. But they carried tremendous weight in the U.S. military,...

Things you can do in four hours: 1. Laundry. 2. Drive to Wisconsin, buy cheese curds, return. 3. Make whoopie. Twice. 4. Bake a meatloaf from scratch. 5. Take any...

Brandon Vyse smokes Marlboros and Newports because that is what his parents and his friends smoke. He is 17 years old and has been smoking for about three years. Why?...

Attitudes have changed about guns in America, and so has the role of the National Rifle Association. Formed as a club for hunters, the group has shifted its focus to...

The NRA, with its membership of dedicated voters, played a central role in the GOP congressional victory last year. But these successes, along with a collection of other agenda items...

The State of the Union? Actually, in modern times it has been more of a "State of the President" speech. Bill Clinton and his political agenda aside, how is America...