Clinton Faces Reality in Texas Debate

The burden was on her to slow Barack Obama's momentum, but Hillary Clinton missed most of her shots at her rival

John McCain's Very Bad Day

The master of "Straight Talk" zips up after a damaging New York Times' story. Michael Scherer reports from the quiet road

US-Serb Tension Mounts Over Kosovo

Washington is outraged by the attack on its embassy, but Belgrade sees Kosovo's independence as a greater violation

The Air Force Reaches for the Sky

In its latest budget wish list, the Air Force surpasses even the President and the Pentagon in its request for new weaponry

A Lead on the Ark of the Covenant

A British scholar-adventurer says he knows the location of the lost Ark, or at least the last earthly connection we have to it.

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Tuned In

Lostwatch: Totally Scooby-Doo'd

How exactly did faithful commenter Chaddogg wrest control of Lostwatch from the cold, metal claws of Robo-James? Just one of many questions answered in this week's watch.

Swampland

Last Night's Debate

In the end, I suspect, Hillary Clinton made a basic decision about herself: She decided that it just wasn't natural for her to attack, attack, attack.

The China Blog

New Year's Wishes

My neighbors and I had a deal. They brought the dumplings, fireworks and baijiu; I provided the house and the beer. Then we had a party.

The Curious Capitalist

The Real Cost of the Iraq War

The Nobel-Prize-winning economist Joe Stiglitz, who is a professor up at Columbia University, swung by the office this morning for a meet-and-greet.

THE PAGE

The McCain World Rift

Read the article which perfectly lays out what's going on in McCain World. Get details and all your 24/7 political news on The Page

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Sam Ouandja

Where Darfur Represents Hope

The best thing that happened to an abandoned outpost of the Central African Republic was the arrival of refugees from Africa's best-known conflict

Ankawa

Exile on Love Street

A town filled with Christian refugees is the romance capital of Iraq

QUOTES OF THE DAY

Open quoteSometimes the North Koreans don't like our words; maybe they'll like our music.Close quote

  • CHRISTOPHER HILL
  • Assistant Secretary of State, on next week's scheduled performance of the New York Philharmonic at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater

Style & Design

The Next Generation of Luxury Consumers

You thought the Boomers were conspicuous consumers? Watch out — here come The Millennials