When Marine Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Lucey returned from his tour of duty in Iraq, he looked like a kid who lucked out. No visible wounds. But looks aren't everything.
He had ...
While the White House has been focusing its foreign policy attention on Iraq, the rest of the world hasn't been standing still.
China has been using a new approach to ex...
President Bush and Congress are on a collision course over something that most Americans would agree is a good thing: government-sponsored health insurance for poor chil...
Republicans are so rude.
All Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., wanted was to have a nice quiet slumber party. They'd all use indoor voices and quietly put the w...
Sen. Barack Obama's advantage in his presidential campaign is that he is a fresh face whom many voters — and not just Democrats — see as candid and capable of inspiring ...
WASHINGTON — Better late than never, President Bush has provoked what could be a serious debate on the future of health care by threatening to veto an extension of one o...
The conversation goes something like this:
"Please don't wear your hat like that," the parent grumps. "People will get a bad impression."
"I don't care what people think...
The recent YouTube presidential debate — the oxymoronic event of history's longest political season — has been dubbed "groundbreaking" and "historic."
Let's also add "ri...
Imagine three families with something surprising in common.
Matt and Elizabeth Cuneo and their two children live in Hartford, Conn. Matt makes $38,290 a year as a privat...
Hailed as an environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuels and a means of reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil, the U.S. ethanol program has mutated into a hug...
