Citizens being held in prisons and jails are among the thousands voting in the world's newest democracy....Updated, even al-Zaidi votes

For years, too many of our public officials developed a bad habit of jumping to conclusions on insufficient facts. Even after a return to private practice, it seems, that habit is hard to break....

Unfortunately, those frenetic abstract gestures were made by a Minnesota voter on a ballot rather than a canvas....

Last week, John F. Timoney, Miami Police Chief and President of the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), placed two important issues on President-Elect Obama's to-do list....