Oct 31 China's Chances of Kicking a Growing Smoking Habit When China's top politicians gather early next month to pick the country's new leaders, one issue likely to be missing from the agenda is the single largest killer of Chinese people -- their smoking habit. As with any issue… Continue reading
Oct 30 Charles Kesler on Obama and Modern Liberalism EmbedVideo(4849, 514, 320); Ray Suarez sat down with Charles Kesler, author of "I am the Change: Barack Obama and the Crisis of Liberalism." Watch their conversation in the video above. Kesler's book examines liberalism in the modern political… Continue reading
Oct 30 Yes, Housing Prices Up Yet Again According to S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, home prices continued to rise in August. Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images With election day a mere week away, all economic data carry potential political significance -- for us in the media, at… Continue reading
Oct 30 Sandy Surges Across Northeast Causing Flooding and Power Outages Update: 2:00 p.m. ET | On Monday, Superstorm Sandy slammed into the eastern seaboard, killing at least 38 people in seven states and producing driving rain and hurricane-force wind gusts that caused massive flooding, fires, seawater surges and… Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch Hurricane Sandy Hits East Coast, Expected to Affect 50 Million-Plus Americans Hurricane Sandy Hits East Coast, Expected to Affect 50 Million Americans… Continue watching
Oct 29 Watch President Obama's National Address on Hurricane Sandy EmbedVideo(4837, 482, 304); As Hurricane Sandy barreled toward the U.S. East Coast, President Obama addressed the nation shortly before 1 p.m. on Monday. "Please listen to what your state and local officials are saying," he said. Continue reading
Oct 29 Weekly Poem: 'A.M.' Nick Norwood's third full volume of poems, "Gravel and Hawk," won the Hollis Summers Prize in Poetry and was published by Ohio University Press in April 2012. His other books are "A Palace for the Heart" (2004), "The Soft Blare"… Continue reading
Oct 29 Ask Larry: What Do I Do if My Ex Never Paid My Social Security Tax? Photo by CSA Images via Getty Images Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security "mistakes" and his Social Security gotchas have prompted so many of you to write in… Continue reading
Oct 29 The Daily Frame Ty Sherman, 10, as "The Scream," left, Kaesha Jackson, 10, as "Mona Lisa" and Sam Sherman, 7, as "American Gothic" pose Saturday at Boo at the Zoo at the Boise Zoo in Idaho. Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch News Wrap: Supreme Court Hears Arguments Challenging Surveillance Law In other news Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments challenging parts of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The case was brought to the court over an expansion of the law that some are concerned gives government too much power… Continue watching