In the course of Adlai Stevenson's 1952 presidential bid, a woman called out to him as he was campaigning, "Senator, you have the vote of every thinking person!" To which the witty and eloquent Stevenson replied, "That's not enough, Madam. We need a majority."
A river rat's pleasures are many, among them the chance to see cardinals that have no connection to birds. I speak of the cardinal flower. Peterson Field Guides' "A Field Guide to Wildflowers" calls it, quite simply, "America's favorite."
Immigrant high school students in the US are getting acquainted with the idea of prom. Brooke Hauser captures their ups and downs, while managing to get some of the inside stories.
There's no truth to the rumor that the Ohio State Buckeyes plan to change their name to the Ohio State Bridesmaids. But the Scarlet and Gray is a popular pick to come up short in the BCS national championship game for a third consecutive season.
The annual season of concerts in the central open courtyard of Somerset House has become one of the more romantic fixtures of the London summer, offering as it does the possibility of alfresco entertainment minus the mud and the prospect of bunking down under canvas. Even when, as tonight, the squally breeze brings drizzle rather than drowsy warmth, it's never a real threat to audience spirits