Is everything spinning out of control? Midwestern levees are bursting. Polar bears are adrift. Gas prices are skyrocketing. Home values are abysmal. Air fares, college tuition and health care border on unaffordable. Wars without end rage in Iraq, Afghanistan and against terrorism. ...more

June 22, 2008

A furious debate over terrorism, security and the rule of law broke out Tuesday as the presidential campaigns of Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama exchanged pointed salvoes over who could best keep the nation safe. ...more

June 18, 2008

First lady Laura Bush made an unusual foray into the U.S. presidential campaign, praising Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., here Monday for her "grit and strength" and coming to the defense of Michelle Obama, the wife of the presumptive Democratic nominee. ...more

June 10, 2008

Let's declare Hillary Clinton the president of West Virginia and get on with life. ...more

May 18, 2008

It will be a generational battle royal, the younger upstart against the more seasoned warrior who resents the challenge. ...more

May 4, 2008

The Super Tuesday presidential primaries top off an unexpectedly thrilling and profitable month for television news with a supermystery. ...more

February 5, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich filed a complaint with the FCC on Friday after ABC News excluded him, fellow Democrat Mike Gravel and Republican Duncan Hunter from its prime-time debates today. ...more

January 5, 2008

To prepare for a prolonged writers strike, television networks have stockpiled a gladiator battle, a lie-detector game, a remade "Password," a celebrity "Apprentice" and a competition for aspiring Pussycat Dolls. ...more

December 25, 2007

It's hard to imagine Geralyn Lucas ever missing a beat. ...more

September 20, 2007

Katie Couric is reporting from Iraq and Syria this week - her first time in the war zone - in anticipation of a crucial military report on progress of the American effort. ...more

September 3, 2007