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Many Americans know that the United States is not a democracy but a “corporatocracy,” in which we are ruled by a partnership of giant corporations, the extremely wealthy elite …

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) speaks at the Economic Club of New York, May 9, 2011. (Photo: Yana Paskova / The New York Times) The real battle …

(Photo: boutmuet) Last year in East LA, Jose Pedraza was struggling mightily in his classes and drifting listlessly through his days. It was worrying enough to his …

Yachts docked at Corpus Christi, Texas. (Photo: Jim Nix / Nomadic Pursuits) To be fair to lawmakers, it's not easy making the tough spending choices in these …

Washington - President Barack Obama traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday to court Hispanic voters and renew his call for Congress to overhaul immigration policy. He …

Protesters gathered in central London in March to demonstrate against government spending cuts. (Photo: Andrew Testa / The New York Times) The bad gross domestic product …

Last month, I wrote a piece suggesting that Americans who want to end the war in Afghanistan ought to consider supporting former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson in the …

Debate continues to rage between the inflationists who say the money supply is increasing, dangerously devaluing the currency, and the deflationists who say we need more money in the …

When he announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed by a Navy Seal team in Pakistan, President Barack Obama said, “Justice has been done.” Mr. Obama misused the …

Christian extremists in Uganda's parliament are hoping that hunger and high gas prices will provide the cover they need to finally subject gay men to punishment of biblical proportions. …