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If Ann Romney Is Next First Lady, What Would that Mean for M.S.?

For Ann Romney, it started as it has for millions of Americans. Numbness. Dizziness. "Foggy brain." Simple things that, when combined, added up to a startling diagnosis: Multiple sclerosis. After a year of aggressive intravenous steroid treatment in…

‘The President Is Ill’: How Health Has Impacted the U.S. Presidency

Never Aired 1976 Gerald Ford Ad Too Emotionally Charged for Its Time

EmbedVideo(4883, 482, 304); Film is courtesy of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library While thinking about how last minute events like Hurricane Sandy, speeches and political commercials might influence the outcome of the 2012 election, I recalled hearing about…

Ask Larry: When Do I Get Back What I Paid to SS?

Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility. Photo by William Thomas Cain via Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security…

Weekly Poem: ‘Never Seen’

Hoa Nguyen studied poetics at New College of California in San Francisco. The author of eight books and chapbooks, she teaches poetics in a private workshop and at Ryerson University. Wave Books published her third full-length collection of poems, "As…

The Daily Frame

A woman walks her dogs over one of three giant painted poppies next to the M8 motorway in Livingston, Scotland. The poppies mark the 90th anniversary of the Scottish Poppy Appeal, which is being celebrated this month.

‘First in the Nation’ Iowans Are Ready for the End

EmbedVideo(4870, 482, 304); Imagine a place where campaigning never stops. Where the election lasts a lifetime and the candidates want to meet you, shake your hand and talk about the issues most important to you. A place where…

Listen to Me: Spotlight Wisconsin

Mitt Romney campaigns in West Allis, Wis., on Nov. 2. Photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images Both presidential campaigns covered ground in Wisconsin Friday. Republican nominee Mitt Romney held a morning rally in West Allis, while Vice President Joe Biden…