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McCain vs Obama: What is Change?
With both national party conventions now complete, candidates John McCain and Barack Obama hit the …
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Political Ads: Lies and Exaggerations, How the Campaigns Are Responding
New ads are the focus of a heated debate over how negative the race for the presidency will get and…
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Barack Obama: How does he decide? How does he lead?
In the second of four installments on how the presidential candidates would lead, Margaret Warner t…
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How Does Obama Deal With Disappointment?
In the final installment of a four part series of how the candidates would govern, Margaret Warner …
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Presidential Debate: How Did They Do?
In their first debate, Senators Obama and McCain talked about the crisis on Wall Street and how a g…
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President Bush Secretly Oks Border Raids Into Pakistan
The New York Times reported Thursday that President Bush two months ago secretly approved orders fo…
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Scientists Fire Up Big-Bang Machine
Scientists celebrated this week when they successfully sent subatomic particles at a very high spee…
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Was the Troop Surge a Success? Now What?
General David Petraeus, Commander of the Multi-National Forces in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq…
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Who is Sarah Palin?
Republican presidential candidate John McCain surprised many in his party by picking first-term Ala…
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Women in the Grand Old Party Defend Sarah Palin Nomination
At the end of August, Senator John McCain announced Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate and th…
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