Underplayed Story of the Day

You might have missed this one this morning, as you rushed out to bury your life’s savings in a coffee can in the back yard: GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, Sept. 25 — A military prosecutor involved in war crimes cases here has quit his position, citing ethical concerns about his office’s failure to turn over exculpatory [...]

Two Candidates; One Crisis

In the cover story of the upcoming dead-tree TIME, our colleague David Von Drehle sizes up how Barack Obama and John McCain have responded to the financial crisis and looks at what this tells us about the kind of President each man would be.