Topic: Stephen Colbert

Endeavour to deliver Space Station 'a room with a view'

Space shuttle Endeavor will bring a new seven-window module to the International Space Station. It'll be used as a utility room for air and water purification and for exercise equipment. It'll also give astronauts a spectacular view of Earth and space.

Opinion: 2020 preview: Oscar winner Barack Obama? Defense Secretary Stephen Colbert?

The once well-defined boundary between politics and the celebrity-media complex is already blurring beyond recognition. 

The Jay Leno Show and the rise of political humor

Jay Leno's new show debuts tonight and features a Washington-based political correspondent.

After weather and valve glitch, shuttle Discovery set to launch

Sensors failed to signal fuel valve’s status. But further tests may allow officials to “relax” a rule.

Discovery to-do list: build COLBERT, lug huge coolant tank

The comparatively low-key mission, scheduled to launch at 1:36 a.m. Tuesday, marks the winding down of the space shuttle program.

Uh-oh, Governor Sanford returns from another vacation...

Stephen Colbert gets a crew cut in Iraq

Gen. Ray Odierno shaved the comedian's head – under orders from President Obama – during one of four shows of the Colbert Report taped on location in Baghdad.

Conservative activists turn to web for traction; denounce gay 'marraige'

Life aboard the International Space Station is about to become more chummy

When they're not making orbital history, the full complement of six crew members may have to line up for the shower.

Opinion: In China, 'truthiness' trumps truth

Twenty years after Tiananmen, I found that even many of my Chinese journalism students didn't even know a pro-democracy movement existed.

COLBERT treadmill? NASA tips visor to Colbert Nation's vote

Review: 'Monsters vs. Aliens'

3-D animation is an affectionate riff on 1950s sci-fi movies with some high-caliber voice-overs.

Destiny, Columbus, Zvezda, and Colbert???

Twitter’s secret: the law of unintended consequences

How 'tweet nothings' became a $250 million cultural phenomenon

Cities may sprout vertical farms

Proposed high-rise greenhouses could help solve a looming food crisis, professor says.

Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff

Classic puzzlers in a crisp new book, Jack Bauer is back in a '24' movie, Stephen Colbert croons his way into Christmas, and more.

The new voter: A young Arab-American feels duty-bound to vote

Syrian-born Omar Kurdi of Irvine, Calif., became a US citizen at age 15. A student activist, he gives much weight to the candidates’ foreign-policy stances, especially in Iraq and the Middle East.

Stephen Colbert's DNA heads toward final frontier

How the candidates' speaking styles play

McCain is unscripted. Obama is soaring. In these times, both styles have their advantages.

How the candidates' speaking styles play

McCain is unscripted. Obama is soaring. In these times, both styles have their advantages.

Review: 'The Love Guru'

Mike Myers pulls off some hilarious moments in this crude but funny comedy.

Letters to the Editor

Readers write about food aid, carbon-neutral businesses, and truth in memoir.

There's magic in Las Vegas rank-and-file talent

Legions of entertainers land in Vegas, and Englishman Mat Black is one desert transplant making a living at his craft.