David Agus is one of America's great doctors and medical researchers, a man dedicated to improving the health of as many people as he can. Written in a style and format that will truly engage readers, The End of Illness presents a dramatic, new way of thinking about our own health-a way that could lead to greatly improving the quality of life for millions, starting right now.

The conversation on global warming has been stalled because a shrinking group of denialists fly into a rage when it's mentioned.

The Bush-Cheney administration had betrayed some basic American values. So there was hunger for change.

Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power.

I am Al Gore, and I used to be the next president of the United States of America.

In the end, we must restore a balance within ourselves between who we are and what we are doing. Each of us must take a greater personal responsibility for this deteriorating global environment; each of us must take a hard look at the habits of mind and action that reflect - and have led to - this grave crisis.

I smoked pot in college and in the Army.