A picture for the day Calcutta, India: A volunteer puts a red ribbon on an sex worker during an AIDS awareness rally. December 1 is World Aids Day  (Photograph: Bikas ... Full Story

Chambliss running away in GA It would appear that the Democrats will fall two seats short of the sixty-seat, filibuster-proof majority as incumbent Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss leads Democratic challenger ... Full Story

Palin back on campaign trail Alaska Governor Sarah Palin drew a big crowd as she campaigned to reelect incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss in his runoff ... Full Story

Is getting high on drugs always a bad thing? A while ago, I reread Jacob Sullum's Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use, several years after first picking the book up. I was struck, once ... Full Story

Obama, Clinton and Machiavelli We have known for weeks that President-elect Obama was going to offer the Secretary of State position to Senator Hillary Clinton.  In the official announcement today, Obama has ... Full Story

Clinton and Obama are hardly 'bitter rivals' I don't expect the pro-Hillary Buffalo News to pump out any hard-hitting journalism about its state's junior senator, but it'd be nice if it at least didn't run outright lies.Here's the ... Full Story