The Boy Scouts of America voted today, May 23, 2013, to allow gay youth to join its ranks and earn the same medals, titles and ranks as their heterosexual peers. According to CBS News, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162...

Today, May 21, 2013, it was revealed that yesterday President Obama promised $200 million in aid to Jordan as it assists Syrian refugees who are escaping the onslaught of violence emanating from the conflicts between Assad regime and rebel forces...

In an effort to flex its muscle and send elected politicians into hiding, the National Rifle Association launched a petition drive on May 17, 2013, to recall Colorado State Senate President John Morse (I) for introducing legislation requiring purchasers of...

As this commentator sees it, the Capitol 8 Theater in Jefferson City, Missouri that sent an actor posing as a gunman with an automatic rifle last weekend should be shut down at least temporarily. The theater promoters did the stunt...

On May 12, 1962, then Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) visited South Vietnam and met with South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem and promised him additional American troops and support in his fight against the Communist North Vietnamese who...

On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed the second Sunday of May as Mother's Day. The day originally was founded as a sort of peace day, or day for everyone to rest and be at peace...

On May 8, 1970, President Richard Nixon held a Presidential news conference and revealed that the United States had been secretly carpet bombing the quiet, beautiful and pristine nation of Cambodia. The U.S. action, which became known as "...

On this day in history, May 7, 1945, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Westerm Allies. The European theater of World War II, which had been led by Adolf Hitler until his apparent suicide in 1945, had been raging for four...

On this day in history, May 6, 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order creating the Work Progress Administration or WPA as it is more commonly called. Roosevelt created the WPA out of dire need due to massive unemployment...

On this day in history, May 5, 1985, President Ronald Reagan set off an international firestorm by visiting the Bitburg cemetery. More than 2000 German soldiers from World War II were buried at Bitburg. Reagan had visited the German concentration...