© Karl Swedberg
A closer look at the life and career of John McCain reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty...
The Republican ticket is working hard this week to make Barack Obama's tenuous connection to graying, '60s revolutionary Bill Ayers a major campaign issue. But the Palins' connection to anti-American extremism is much more central to their political biographies...
Ms. Havemeister was one of at least five schoolmates Ms. Palin hired, often at salaries far exceeding their private sector wages.
Sen. Barack Obama delivered an impassioned defense of the Constitution and the rights of terrorism suspects tonight, striking back at one of the biggest applause lines in Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's speech to the GOP convention...
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her Republican supporters held back little Wednesday as they issued dismissive attacks on Barack Obama and flattering praise on her credentials to be vice president. In some cases, the reproach and the praise stretched the truth.
If you saw it just sitting there, you?d never guess that the new Nikon D90 is a mind-blowing, game-changing camera...
Websites use Captchas in an attempt to disrupt the spam and malware economy - but they are not working...
Barack Obama has decided upon a vice-presidential running mate. And while I don't know who it is as I write, for the good of the country, I hope he picked Joe Biden...
Most Americans still don't know, as Marshall writes, that on the campaign trail "McCain frequently forgets key elements of policies, gets countries' names wrong, forgets things he?s said only hours or days before and is frequently just confused." ...
Mr. Stewart describes his job as "throwing spitballs" from the back of the room and points out that "The Daily Show" mandate is to entertain, not inform. Still, he and his writers have energetically tackled the big issues of the day...
I?ve rounded up a list of 10 things not to worry about on your vacation.
Our best universities have forgotten that the reason they exist is to make minds, not careers...z
Let's talk about the bloody crossroads where satire goes searching for its target...
Americans can?t live without their lawns--but how long can they live with them?
He is perhaps the most famous, or infamous, artist alive. To some a genius, to others a vandal. Always controversial, he inspires admiration and provokes outrage in equal measure...
If you travel along the west coast of Florida, you might see people using snorkels, or SCUBA gear, or the huge helmets used by sponge seekers in the Tarpon Springs area - so I guess you'd call this region one of divers divers.
Jan 20, 2008 ; 1:42 PM