Mexican President Felipe Calderón is a busy man -- battling drug lords, coping with an economic downturn and, as always, pondering his country's relationship with the United States. He sat down recently with Newsweek-Washington Post's Lally Weymouth to offer a progress report. Excerpts:

Hank Paulson's memoir doesn't contain much second-guessing or navel-gazing.

The Left thinks it knows everything. Here's why it's wrong.

I knew I was done hiding behind the "don't ask, don't tell" policy after four months flying missions to Iraq as a loadmaster with the 37th Airlift Squadron. It was my second tour -- one I'd picked because of the long hours and irregular schedule, a lifestyle that I thought would make it easier to...

With the unemployment rate in the United States lingering just below 10 percent and the midterm elections just nine months away, job creation has become the top priority in Washington. President Obama has called for transferring $30 billion in repaid bank bailout money to a small-business lending...

Here comes another Valentine's Day, and oh, how I wish I could spend it with a husband. Not an Adonis with the humor of Jon Stewart and the bank account of Bill Gates; just a good-enough guy. This might sound innocuous -- a single woman wishes she were married -- but apparently, it makes me a...

Highland Park, Mich., is the last place you'd expect to find more people saving money these days. One-third of the residents live below the poverty line, and everyone sees the blight of vacant homes, abandoned furniture and dumped tires. It seems like a ridiculous place to launch an experiment to...

On Wednesday, President Obama joined Senate Democrats at their retreat , urging them to "finish the job" on health-care reform "even though it's hard."

Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Jan. 31, 2010. The charts may not be reproduced without permission from Nielsen BookScan. Copyright © 2010 by Nielsen BookScan. (The right-hand column of numbers represents weeks on this list, which premiered in Book World on Jan. 11, 2004. The bestseller...

Although responsible Olympics fans finalized travel plans months if not years ago, it turns out that good things come to those who procrastinate.

Travel companies are becoming more litigious, but there are tactics that travelers can follow to avoid getting sued.

The week's best travel bargains around the globe, by land, sea and air.

Conwell Inn is a hardworking little hotel on the edge of the Temple University campus that strives with every muscle to live up to the city's credo of brotherly love.

More information on Philadelphia's Conwell Inn.