Democrat Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York marked Veterans Day by calling for new assistance programs, but said she would move more carefully than her rivals on dealing with looming shortfalls facing the Social Security system. ...more

November 12, 2007

The House approved a revised children's health insurance bill Thursday that Democrats said addressed Republican concerns, but President Bush again threatened to veto it. ...more

October 26, 2007

Alexander Hamilton was an ambitious young striver, and he created an economy where people like him could rise and succeed. He used government to rouse the energies of the merchant class, to widen the circle of property owners and to dissolve the constraints on commerce and mobility. ...more

October 14, 2007

For American dentists, times have never been better. The same cannot be said for Americans' teeth. ...more

October 11, 2007