American voters want candidates for vice president who appear capable enough to step into the Oval Office in the unlikely and tragic situations in which they are needed. That, among other things, made Sen. Barack Obama’s choice of Sen. Joseph Biden a

“The United States spent 45 years working very hard to avoid a military confrontation with Russia,” Defense Secretary Robert Gates said last week. “I see no reason to change that approach today.”

That may have been as close as U.S. offici

Was the late U.S. biodefense researcher Bruce Ivins, who committed suicide under the belief that he was about to be indicted, a diabolical killer responsible for several deaths immediately after 9/11?

The FBI claims he was, and has rele

You don’t need to look any farther than this year’s U.S. Olympics team to see how immigrants continue to enrich America. Thirty-two naturalized citizens are competing for the U.S. team, an example of how people from throughout the world have come to

The Aug. 5 primary election was the largest conducted so far under new Michigan rules in which voters show photo identification before receiving a ballot. Based on local reports, the law is working as intended. Only a few people expressed dissatisfac