France mulls partial Olympics boycott, and the public approves. (See more.) All visitors should be aware that they have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public or private locations. Fact sheet for Americans traveling to the Olympics. Karl Rove lists the blogs he reads in the morning. (See also: blog
Four soldiers killed by a bomb on Sunday, bringing the U.S. death toll to 4,000. "It's not an unusual matter for senators to take a little extra credit." Both Obama and Clinton have a habit of embellishing their records. With some tricky maneuvering of
Why giving money makes you happy; how saying no improves your life. Keys to long life embedded in newspaper headlines. Press secretary maintains Bush and Cheney "hold themselves to a standard that requires people not to like them." California researchers create energy-efficient artificial muscle that heals itself,
Poll: New Yorkers like their new governor--didn't you hear about the last one? What have the superdelegates been doing, anyway? Reading tea leaves and playing wait and see. In San Diego, parents who object to vaccines meet an unexpected foe: measles. "This is on the same
The hotel tryst was apparently listed as "constituent services." Paterson may have billed his campaign for a rendezvous. Release of Clinton's First Lady papers back up her claims of involvement, though not always in the way she paints it today. It's been 10 years
Print for the commute: Over the last few years there has been something of an existential crisis in Pakistan--what sort of country did Pakistanis want? Bush: I didn't get the war wrong; Hitchens: Hey, me too. Democracies don’t need to protect one person at any cost,
"I will never forget that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible." Watch Obama's Philadelphia speech; see the text and the frequency of words used. Dowd: After racing from race for a year, he plowed in and took a stab at showing
Director Anthony Minghella dies at 54 of complications from surgery to treat tonsil cancer. Grief counselors are standing by for Bear bankers, considering that employees own over 30 percent of the company. Chief executives often take full responsibility, but rarely are consequences involved. China accuses the Dalai Lama of orchestrating
Whether or not lawmakers can affect the economy, the candidates will start stumping to that effect. Fla. Democrats say they don't want to re-vote by mail, abandon attempt at a do-over. New N.Y. governor Paterson and his wife admit to past affairs. The Conservative party
The spirit of the law should prevent Americans from causing harm to these creatures in other countries. Global warming not the only problem facing polar bears. Ten concepts of the changing world, including the end of movie stars and geoengineering to start global cooling. The stunning Encyclopedia of Life; the
