But back then it was all A-OK. That was a time when men were men and women were vessels for men. Jack simply followed family tradition – his father did the same thing to Gloria Swanson and other actresses in the ’30s. Before Bush’s win in Florida, the...

Baker III, the former secretary of state and the Treasury under the Reagan and first Bush administrations, dropped by the Chronicle today, and I got to ask him about his views on tax reform and the economy. While he said he doubts anything will be done...

Editor's Note: Words matter and perhaps none have more impact on the people of conflict-ridden areas than terms like civil war and genocide. Does the term "civil war" create a paradox that penalizes rebels that successfully challenge the government? ...

The article principally explores possible solutions to the long-running dispute between Canada and the U.S. over a Lake Ontario-sized — and potentially oil-rich — area of the southern Beaufort Sea that both countries claim to own. But in examining how...

Emperor Montezuma, who is said to have drunk 50 goblets of cacahuatl before retiring to his harem every night to increase "lustful desires," introduces the Spanish conquistadores to the cacao bean. Hernán Cortés takes a load back to Spain and organizes...

Sacramento County sheriff's deputies went to a residence int he 3600 block of A Street in North Highlands about 8 a.m. in search of 26-year-old James Baker (pictured). Believing that Baker was hiding in an attic crawl space, deputies called upon a...