What difference a few days of Obama makes. No more Guantamo Bay. Ethics laws have been transformed and impressive incentives to not be in government for your own personal gain have been set. For all the trash talk that went on during the campaign on both sides, Obama is certainly backing his up. "Liberty without compromise" as its been described, also is symbolically represented in the reopening of the Statue of Liberty's crown for tourism...

Several days have gone by since the general election and a convicted but appealing Republican Senator Ted Stevens is still looking like the likely winner. In the case he does win, and is forced to resign, is expelled by fellow senators, or sent to jail, there has been a lot debate over who will replace him. In 2002, a remarkably similar scenario played out in Alaska. At that time Senator Frank Murkowski, won the Alaskan...