Excerpts of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on his first-place finish in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.MCCAIN: My friends, you know, I'm past the age when I can claim the noun kid, no matter what adjective precedes it. But tonight, we sure...

The passions of their idealistic youth run up against reality and middle-age for the 19th century revolutionaries and intellectuals in "Salvage," the third chapter of "The Coast of Utopia," Tom Stoppard's masterful trilogy of man's quest for a new and better world.Rueful resignation isn't as...

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Monday faulted U.S. automakers for failing to do what foreign manufacturers have accomplished in producing fuel-efficient vehicles.Uttering words not often spoken in Detroit, Obama said U.S. energy policy must change in order to help domestic automakers answer the rising...

Republican John McCain said Friday he was to blame for the weakened state of his presidential campaign that has undergone two major staff shake-ups in a week and is nearly broke."We've made mistakes," the Arizona senator said during an interview with New Hampshire Public Radio....

Hemingway's "In Our Time" and its strange use of inter-chapters and disconnectedness.