Mar 13th, 2008 · Best known for his sly, sexy party anthems, 72-year-old Andre Williams toiled in the music industry trenches for decades, battling homelessness and addiction along the way. Now he's been rediscovered by young white rockers.
Sep 4th, 2008 · Alaska governor Sarah Palin isn't sitting well with some veteran GOP operatives. David Frum, Republican strategist and former George W. Bush speech writer, says it's important to know how someone governs before giving them the job. With Palin, that's impossible, he says.
Aug 29th, 2008 · Veteran political strategists Republican Tucker Eskew and Democrat Mark Mellman talk with Steve Inskeep. They wrap up the Democratic National Convention in Denver and look ahead to the Republican gathering next week in St. Paul, Minn.
Aug 27th, 2008 · Republican presidential hopeful John McCain spoke before the American Legion national convention Tuesday in Phoenix. It was a friendly audience for the one-time prisoner of war in Vietnam. McCain attacked Barack Obama's foreign policy, and vowed to protect and improve health care for veterans.
Aug 24th, 2008 · Now that the Democratic presidential ticket has been announced, Host Liane Hansen speaks with veteran Republican consultant Ed Rollins about Barack Obama's choice for vice president and what type of strategy he thinks the Republicans will use.
Aug 21st, 2008 · McCain is a decorated war veteran who survived years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He's been a United States senator for 22 years. We know the facts of the Republican presidential candidate's life, but who is John McCain? We look beyond the policy and punditry to the experiences that shaped the man.
Aug 21st, 2008 · She was not necessarily the oldest living Confederate Army widow, but she lived a distinctive life. Maudie White Hopkins has died at age 93. Back in the Great Depression, she was a teenage housecleaner. She met an 86-year-old man. He said he'd leave her his land if she would marry and care for him. She agreed, which is how, for his final years, she was the companion of a Civil War veteran from Arkansas.
Aug 20th, 2008 · Barack Obama and John McCain used addresses to the annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to spell out their differences on foreign policy. They also addressed the topics of health care and other benefits for veterans.