At the MSF, the Miracle of Birth Center features calves and lambs.

At the RNC, it’s more about the Palin brood.read more

In which our intrepid correspondent picks at the bones of John McCain’s VP pick for some humorous gristle. read more

To be honest, this reporter hasn't seen this kind of enthusiastic confidence since Boston, four long years ago.read more

“How come they’re all great states? How come nobody comes from a mediocre state?”read more

So, grasshopper, you seek unity, yes? Well, my little duffle bag, lookie, lookie, lookie: we got your unity right here. The question is, how much unity can one party stand?read more

You can understand why half the Democratic Party was Smurf morphing, turning blue from holding their breath for fear of what color fire would be breathed when the woman who never really stopped running for President, even when confronted with the inevitability of simple math, got up to speak.read more

This is the first Democratic National Convention in which females constitute a majority of the delegates, 50.1%, and fittingly, its being held in the Pepsi Center, the first arena built where most of the rest rooms have one of those stencils on the front door wearing a flared skirt.read more

It was strange watching the Democrats spend most of their initial prime time Convention coverage not by talking about the historic feat of nominating the first black man for the Presidency of the United States but rather focused on the wonderful wacky world of women.read more

• Oxygen inhalers to counteract altitude poisoning. read more

The major party conventions are like baseball, with the incumbents acting as the home team, giving the challengers first ups; the reason why we start off with the Democrats in Denver on Monday, then shoot east by northeast to St Paul the following week.read more