M. SPENCER GREEN / Associated Press If Barack Obama should be elected president, his two daughters would be the youngest children in the White House since Amy Carter arrived at age 9.

Young Tad Lincoln herded goats into a White House sitting room. Quentin Roosevelt rammed his wagon into a historic painting. John Kennedy Jr. had to be scooped out of a hiding place in his father's desk. Amy Carter famously brought a book to a state dinner.

Oprah Winfrey has become a catalyst for a new journalistic project and increasing news coverage by conservative Christians questioning and criticizing her spiritual beliefs. Some evangelical Christians have voiced alarm that Winfrey is introducing the 46 million viewers who watch her each week to a nontraditional spirituality they don't condone.

Yes, Biddeford “Pogo” Poole is charming and erudite and a kick to hang out with. So was the vampire Lestat. One small difference: Pogo's particular thirst is not for blood but for love – or, more accurately, for hero worship, fawning and adulation.

Last week, we asked if you supported the beach booze. By nearly 4-to-1, you favored clean and sober sands.

Leslie Haskin was one of the last two people to leave the World Trade Center on 9/11. Next weekend, she will speak about how her relationship with God helped her through the subsequent crippling mental and emotional struggle.