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Grover Norquist, president of a taxpayer advocacy group, Americans for Tax Reform, speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) With recent polls announcing the …

Demonstrators at a rally for Troy Davis. (Photo: T. Lynne Pixley / The New York Times) Atlanta - As Troy Davis faces his fourth execution date, the …

Buddhist Monks in Bhutan. (Photo: Steve Evans / Flickr) Princeton - The small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is known internationally for two things: high visa fees, which …

(Photo: longislandwins / Flickr) The train of threats to Social Security this year keeps on rolling, this time from the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. The …

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 34th Annual Awards Gala in Washington, Sept. 14, 2011. Obama called on Congress to pass his jobs bill …

Two days before the earthquake, my one-year-old son and I accompanied my wife to Haiti for an HIV training course she was to conduct. Two days after surviving the …

People fear death because death is an instrument of fate. When people are killed by execution rather than by fate, This is like carving wood in the …

Before President Obama entered the White House, there was a widespread consensus — even among leading conservatives — that the Constitution leaves most decisions to We the People and the leaders …

Washington - A familiar group of mainly neo-conservative hawks – many of whom championed the 2003 invasion of Iraq –released an open letter to President Barack Obama Thursday urging …

The Bajo Aguán region of Honduras. (Photo: hondurasblog2010 / Flickr) The Bajo Aguán region of Honduras is a rich, fertile valley that comprises land that is worth …