Includes index.

Democratic National Convention / Barack Obama -- Peel back the label / Kenneth S. Beldon -- Culture wars / Robert B. Reich -- Homosexuality : the threat to the family and the attack on marriage / Peter Sprigg -- Marriage equality and some lessons for the scary work of winning / Evan Wolfson -- Separation of church and state is nothing to sneeze at / Ronald B. Flowers -- Annual religious liberty award / Nadine Strossen -- Faith, personal conviction, and political life / Donald W. Wuerl -- African American churches and the changing nature of church-state relations / R. Drew Smith -- Interactive journalism : drawing in readers with a high-tech approach / Jan Schaffer -- Associated Press managing editors / Alan Nelson -- Kaiser Family Foundation, upon release of Generation M : media in the lives of kids 8 to 18 / Hillary Rodham Clinton -- Broadcast Education Association at the National Association of Broadcasters / Vin Crosbie -- Redefining aging / Mariah Burton Nelson -- Budget deficits, social security, and younger generations / Peter R. Orszag -- Radio address on social security / George W. Bush -- Urgency for social security reform in the United States / Mark Warshawsky -- Social security and American values / William E. Spriggs -- Enlarged European Union : the financial strength and weakness from a global perspective / Stephen J. Dannhauser -- The United States of Europe : the new superpower and the end of American supremacy / T.R. Reid -- Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris / Condoleezza Rice -- CSIS conference on transatlantic efforts for peace and security on the occasion of Norway's centennial anniversary / Richard G. Lugar -- Radio address to the nation / George W. Bush.