It’s been about two years now that the mainstream media has been reporting on the campaigns to win the 2008 presidential election. Sen. John McCain formed his exploratory committee in November 2006 and Sen. Obama announced his plans for an exploratory committee in January 2007. Both senators announced their candidacies for president in February 2007.

The US Senate, where both candidates work, is in session every month of the year except for August. Sen. John McCain has served as a member of...

Turbulent and uncertain markets often elicit a flight to quality stocks and to sectors less likely to be affected. Pharmaceuticals are a traditional favorite, partly because the demand for them is thought to be relatively inelastic. During difficult financial times a person might defer the purchase of a Jaguar or a $200 bottle of Dom Perignon, but he is unlikely to forego his diabetes or blood pressure medicine.

But these are unusual times for drug development and its regulation by the...

In her brief time in the national spotlight, Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, if nothing else, has rejuvenated the debate in this country regarding certain fundamental values. Interestingly, not all of this stems directly from the candidate's spoken statements but rather from a number of comments made about her by her Democratic counterpart Senator Joseph Biden.

From comments made on Fox and Friends mentioned in an Associated Press article titled “Biden says Palin family...

Our people in Congress who contributed to the Wall Street uncertainties must take their share of the blame. They have been exposed by new media pundits and conservative talk radio. The old drive-by-media will not be able to spin the culprits out of this problem. American voters have sufficient time to learn the truth before Election Day.

The people responsible for the fiscal mess lack good...

A Food and Drug Administration policy published for public comment Sept. 18 threatens the health of a promising new field, the production of animals with novel and valuable traits.

After more than 20 years of deliberation, the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine has proposed that every "transgenic" animal crafted with gene-splicing technology will be subject to the procedures and regulations for drugs used to...

One of America's most notable television and radio news anchormen and commentators, George Putnam, has died. He was 94 years young, and everyone who knew him understands that, in George's case, 94...

Senator Barack Obama has captured the world's attention unlike almost any other political figure of the era in which we live. However, despite all the theatrics surrounding the candidate and the...

Politically correct federal policy inhibits our ability to combat insect-borne diseases

West Nile virus has hit California particularly hard this year, causing at least 155 serious...

"The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable." ...

So on Wednesday, the local Democratic Party newspaper, the Greensboro News & Record, put on its front page, above the fold, an "analysis" piece whose message was that there was less to President...