Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. steps into his new job as a senator's senator - steeped in its culture and deeply respectful of its role in Washington's intricate balance of power. There couldn't be a more fitting backdrop than the Capitol dome when he was sworn in as vice president Tuesday. ...more

January 24, 2009

Next year, the penny will be getting not just one new look, but four of them, the first changes to the 1-cent coin in 50 years. ...more

September 24, 2008

Next year, the penny will be getting not just one new look but four of them, the first changes to the 1-cent coin in 50 years. ...more

September 22, 2008

You, Master Rall, either suffer from a hyperinflated ego or are inured by a consumptive cynicism. You blaspheme the service of more than 8,000,000 Americans who served honorably in Vietnam. As I read your warped diatribe, it occurs to me you are among the children we fought for in the steaming undergrowth of Southeast Asia and the frozen wastes of North Korea, not to mention the sands and deprivations of Iraq and Afghanistan. ...more

July 19, 2008

John Smoltz knew the pain was too intense to keep pitching this season. ...more

June 5, 2008

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee shredded his nice-guy image with a less-than-subtle effort to generate racial resentment during the presidential primary campaign in South Carolina last week. ...more

January 22, 2008

A penny for your thoughts will have extra meaning in 2009, the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth and the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Lincoln penny. ...more

September 28, 2007