One in five soldiers returns home with post-traumatic stress; in the past year, a telephone hotline has averted 1,221 suicides. Interview: Obama reflects on Euro-trip; foreign-policy urgency is a lesson learned. More coverage is not always better coverage: evidence for liberal-bias bias. "'Jump
Ed. note: As you can see, we're trying something new for Friday afternoons. The amount of politically correct professors in each discipline. How making decisions exhausts your brain. Kyoto protocol's emphasis on pollution control doesn't address the investment required to make clean energy viable
American embassy dusts off, expands program to help U.S.-employed Iraqis obtain visas, citizenship. Obama in Berlin: The police estimated that over 200,000 people...thronged the boulevard that stretches between the Prussian Victory Column and the Brandenburg Gate. Brooks: Obama has one speech; he delivered it to cheers
China has more smokers than the United States has people. The week in China facts and news. Rundown of presidential analogies from the press this year, and why they're all meaningless. How the candidates are nicknamed in the press (Mac vs. Bam). A free society would not shut
Months after McCain, Obama visits the same rocket-destroyed house in Israel, enjoys their support. No reporters left behind: McCain camp appreciative for those not traveling with Obama. McCain makes historic "FIRST!" visit to the internet. American voters may be uninformed, but they're consistent--and that&
Obama visits Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Israel; view his guestbook entry. Op: At war, it's credible that we see our enemies' humanity; too bad we don't extend that to our leaders. The King of Jordan drives Obama to the airport. Rather than address the
Obama's health plan has been consistent but foggy: a few best-guestimates of what it could mean for us. The trend so far: When McCain flubs, it's because of age; when Obama flubs, it's because of youth. After capturing Karadzic, Serbia edges toward E.
Short take on Obama's gains in Iraq; long profile of Cindy McCain's perfection in the spotlight. The more substantial foreign policy news seems to be coming, if rather quietly, from Mr Obama’s rivals. Op: Anything's possible in American politics, but not probable--and
Serbia captures war-crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic--on the lam for 12 years, he was practicing alternative medicine in Belgrade. Obama meets with Petraeus, tours Baghdad by helicopter, makes no gaffes--McCain responds from a golf cart in Maine. Regarding McCain's rejected New York Times op-ed--"
The story of how Mugabe and Tsvangirai came to sign a pact. "I am a seducer, I'm a salesman." The career (and dating) story of Steve "The Goot" Gutenberg. The history of jokes: why we laugh at them, and what they'll be
