Ready for a comeback? McCain’s on ‘Tonight’
Fresh off a losing presidential campaign criticized as unfocused and plagued by infighting, John McCain could use a laugh. Enter Jay Leno. In honor of Veterans Day, the former naval...
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Trudeau’s ‘Dewey’ moment?
Maybe Garry Trudeau knows something we don't. But it's more likely the "Doonesbury" creator is just doing what he's always done: pushing the limits of the comic strip form and...
Air show should be retired
A colleague and I, both just back from another reporting stint in Iraq, were sipping cold beers on a hot summer day, waiting for lunch at a sidewalk café in...
SCOOTER & COMPANY
Forgive Lewis "Scooter" Libby if he spent last week pining for the old days, back when the White House enjoyed high approval ratings and unchecked power, back before Libby himself...
‘We look to bring childhood back to life’
At age 9, Luzgarda Callapina Chani was brought from her village in Peru's highlands to the city of Cuzco. She was entrusted there to a family that would care for...
Boris Yeltsin: 1931 – 2007
Boris Yeltsin helped end the Cold War and begin a new era of freedom and democracy for his Russian people. But when he died Monday of heart failure at age...
Rapper not content to play society’s ills
The Brazilian rapper, writer and social activist MV Bill worries about protection. Arranging an interview is complicated. Security checks are run. Calls are made. A meeting is set up with...
Seafood central
Most people's reaction when they walk into Santiago's Mercado Central, or Central Market, is this: "Wow. Look at all those weird fish!" Walk among stalls selling mounds of black and...
Resolve it over a glass of pisco
The Peruvian port city of Pisco may not be the birthplace of the liquor that shares its name. But looking at all the pisco bottles in Blanca Vazquez Lovera's store,...
Supplying organic fix to U.S. pays off for Brazil
Growing up on his family's sugar plantation, Leontino Balbo slept like a dream. The hard work, fresh air and lullaby of the sugar mill's machinery brought him peace. Years later,...