Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that he would agree to postpone the presidential election until August, bowing to pressure from election officials and Afghanistan's international backers who do not believe that fair and safe polls can be held by spring. ...more

March 8, 2009

Sixty years ago last month, I watched my parents pull the curtains of their voting booths in a Michigan town hall basement to vote for the man who lost the 1948 presidential election. He was Thomas E. Dewey, a Republican widely expected, even by the Democrats, to vanquish wounded incumbent Harry S. Truman. ...more

December 17, 2008

You know you are old if ... People call at 9 p.m. and ask, "Did I wake you?" ...more

November 11, 2008

Big Moment For Bearcats Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops grew up in Ohio but wasn't very familiar with the University of Cincinnati's football program. ...more

September 6, 2008

The leader of the decade-long Maoist rebellion in Nepal was finally elected prime minister Friday, after four months of political wrangling. His victory sets the stage for the former rebel's toughest challenge: how to uplift the lives of 27 million people in one of the poorest countries in the world at a time of soaring food and fuel prices. ...more

August 16, 2008