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TRAVEL
'South Carolina Is So Gay'
7/15/2008 12:00:00 AM
A state employee has resigned and officials have disavowed an international advertising campaign that led to calls for an investigation of tourism posters proclaiming "South Carolina is so gay."
CAMPAIGN 2008
What's in a Number?
Anne Underwood 5/24/2008 12:00:00 AM
John McCain will turn 72 in August. If elected, that would make him the oldest first-term president in history. Should that worry us? Not necessarily. To Dr. Michael Roizen, co-author of "You: The Owner's Manual," the more relevant information is the candidate's physical condition. After all, some 72-year-olds are fit for a marathon, while others are stuck in their easy chairs.
Yes, Prevention is Cheaper Than Treatment
Dean Ornish M.D. 4/24/2008 12:00:00 AM
What do the campaign platforms of Sens. Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama have in common? Preventive medicine, and the belief that prevention saves money. But does it?
HEALTH
‘I’m at the Top of My Game’
Jamie Reno 4/3/2008 12:00:00 AM
Sen. Arlen Specter, the five-term Republican legislator from Pennsylvania, was diagnosed with stage IV Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2005 and subsequently underwent a grueling chemotherapy regimen. But he never stopped working. In his new book, "Never Give In: Battling Cancer in the Senate," Specter, who is now in remission, chronicles with characteristic candor and extra-dry wit what it was like to battle a potentially deadly disease while still working long days on the Hill.
ABORTION
A Maverick, But He’s No Moderate
Sarah Kliff
John McCain boasts one of the most consistent pro-life voting records in the Senate, but he doesn't do much boasting about it. Even during the primaries—when touting his anti-abortion credentials could have scored with his conservative critics—he mostly avoided the subject. Why? "My record is clear," McCain said, when asked by reporters earlier this year. "I am a pro-life conservative."
Once Upon a Principle
Anna Quindlen
Barack Obama morphed in the public mind from populist to elitist with one ill-wrought comment about guns and faith and the "bitter" working class. Hillary Clinton responded by improbably re-creating herself as the kind of woman who knows her way around a shot glass and a rifle. But neither Democrat can match the transformation of the Republican candidate, who is running for president by turning his back on much of what he once was.