Barack Obama laid into John McCain on Friday for advancing a tough-guy foreign policy that he called "naive and irresponsible," serving notice that he's ready to launch a full-throttle challenge to the Republican presidential contender on international relations in the general election campaign.

Lumping McCain together with President Bush, Obama declared: "If they want a debate about protecting the United States of America, that's a debate I'm ready to win because George Bush and John McCain have a lot to answer for." He blamed Bush for policies that enhance the strength of terrorist groups such as Hamas and "the fact that al-Qaida's leadership is stronger than ever because we took our eye off the ball in Afghanistan," among other failings. FULL STORY

Reality shows are taking over the airwaves. They're cheap to make -- no huge salaries for actors, writers, producers and distributors. They can be made in countries that don't have big unions dictating the salaries of technical people. And some -- a very few -- are actually entertaining. FULL STORY

Some people think that the reason the public misunderstands so many issues is that these issues are too "complex" for most voters. But is that really so? FULL STORY

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