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This winter has been unusually warm, crippling ski resorts, ruining holiday traditions, and dashing hopes of a white Christmas across the northern hemisphere. While the billions of tons of …

One of the most troubling legacies of 9/11 is the United States' decision to resort to torture to fight terrorism. Torture has tarnished the United States' reputation and undermined …

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta wants you to be scared. In a letter to Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain, Panetta warned that after possible cuts in the …

Princeton - Dudley Clendinen, a writer and journalist, has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a terminal degenerative illness. In The New York Times earlier this year, he wrote movingly both …

Los Angeles Smog. (Photo: Robert S. Donovan / Flickr) No one accuses The Wall Street Journal, icon of the business world, of devoting excessive column space to …

Better understanding how both OWS and the Tea Party are discussed in media should remain a major focus of those concerned with promoting bottom-up notions of grassroots democracy.

American soldiers during a push against insurgents in the Zhari district of Afghanistan, west of Kandahar city, on September 21, 2010. (Photo: Tyler Hicks / The New York Times) …

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives quickly, quietly Friday approved a two-month extension of the Social Security payroll tax, ending a week of rancor and assuring more than 160 …

Beirut, Lebanon - Suicide attackers detonated two powerful car bombs outside government offices in Damascus on Friday, in what appeared to be the most brazen and deadly attacks against …

In recent years, senior Wall Street managers relentlessly pursued short-term profit and personal windfalls by any and all means while bringing Main Street to its knees (where it remains …