Edmund Hillary, First on Everest

Sir Edmund Hillary, First on Everest, Dies at 88

In the annals of great heroic exploits, the conquest of Mount Everest by Sir Edmund and Mr. Norgay ranks with the first trek to the South Pole by Roald Amundsen in 1911 and the first solo nonstop trans-Atlantc flight by Charles A. Lindberg in 1927. MORE

The Fall and Rise of Hillary Clinton

The Fall and Rise of Hillary Clinton: What she won by losing.

No longer merely a political persona, she has been elevated to a rarefied plane in our cultural consciousness. With her back against the wall, she both found her groove and let loose her raging id, turning herself into a character at once awful and wonderful, confounding and inspiring—thus enlarging herself to the point where she became iconic. She is bigger now than any woman in the country. Certainly, she is bigger than her husband. MORE

Hillary Clinton Official Website

Hillary Clinton Official Website.

Hillary went on to become one of America's foremost advocates for children and families; an attorney twice voted one of the most influential in America; a First Lady of Arkansa who helped transform the schools; a bestselling author; a First Lady for America who helped transform that role, becoming a champio for health care and families at home and a champio of women's rights and human rights around the world. MORE