A profile of Canadian politician Jamie Lee Hamilton.

A profile of the perpetually disappointed Alec Baldwin.

Not long ago, Rand Paul, opthalmologist and son of Ron, would have been written off as a wacky extremist. Thanks to his Dad and the Tea Partiers, he’s poised to become the most radical member of the U.S Senate.

A profile of Joe Biden, whose political stock has continued to rise even as his boss’s falls.

A profile of Rahm Emanuel, written during his first congressional campaign in Illinois. Emanuel was running to fill the seat vacated by Rod Blagojevich.

The surreal world of Sarah Palin and her road show.

How sex scandals have made Silvio Berlusconi even more powerful in Italy.

A year after dozens died protesting his election and hundreds more were imprisoned, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad grants a rare interview to an American journalist.

Pat Robertson was 29 years old, possessionless, and living in a Bed-Stuy brownstone when he announced that God had told him to buy a fledgling TV station in Virginia. Here’s what happened next.

Sandinista, reverend, and president of the U.N. General Assembly.

Is Mike Huckabee the GOP’s best hope in 2012? Mike Huckabee’s not so sure.

The head of the Social Security Administration’s secret life as a respected poet.

According to Lou Dobbs, we’re wrong about his stance on illegal immigrants, wrong about why he quit CNN, and wrong about his presidential aspirations. Well, we might actually be right about that last thing.