Dick Martin, one of the greats of American entertainment, died today at age 86. Best known as half of Rowan and Martin, he and Dan Rowan used their show Laugh-In to launch the careers of many stars, including Lily Tomlin and Goldie Hawn.
Laugh-In catchphrases like “Sock it to me” and “You bet your sweet bippy” were repeated across America and the show once featured a brief, and bizarre, cameo appearance by Richard Nixon.

This seems as good a time as any to begin this blog, since we're just an hour or two from one of the most complex two days of the year here in Israel. Tonight we begin Yom Hazikaron, Memorial Day, a

A setback today for plaintiffs in the Vioxx appeals court trials in New Jersey and Texas against Merck, the drugmaker. Although Vioxx was finally pulled from shelves in 2004, litigation against Merck has been ongoing for years. Laywers claimed that Vioxx

There have been so many people diagnosed with cancer over recent years. It almost seems to be more frequent than less, depite the advances being made. Stand Up To Cancer, announced today by Katie Couric, Charles Gibson and Brian Williams,