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The Constitution: Egypt’s Job One
Eleven days before he finally resigned, Hosni Mubarak may have had a chance to reverse his fortunes. Suddenly filled with a spirit of peacemaking and reconciliation, the president offered …
Paradigms Lost? Cowboys and Indians in the Battle Over Economic Ideas
One of the most interesting organizations to come out of the crisis is the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), which is dedicated to “fresh insight and thinking to …
Russ Baker | Unanswered Questions as Obama Anoints George HW Bush
On February 15, President Obama bestowed the Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest award, to a group of people which includes former president George H.W. Bush. Having spent …
Obama to Seek Economic Sanctions Against Gadhafi’s Regime
Washington - President Barack Obama, breaking his silence on the mayhem in Libya, said Wednesday that the U.S. will consider “the full range of options” to respond and warned …
Does Academia Discriminate Against Conservatives? Unlikely
Ideas are not equivalent to race. Yet now and then you hear stories in the United States that treat ideological divides as being somehow comparable to racial discrimination. At …
London Court Grants Swedish Request to Extradite Assange
London - A British court on Thursday ordered Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, to be extradited to Sweden to face accusations of sexual abuse. His lawyers have seven days …
The Constitution: Egypt’s Job One
Eleven days before he finally resigned, Hosni Mubarak may have had a chance to reverse his fortunes. Suddenly filled with a spirit of peacemaking and reconciliation, the president offered …
Scaliawag
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Richard Cheney, and George W. Bush.
History of US-Libya Relations Indicates US Must Tread Carefully as Uprising Continues
A Libyan man at the looted al La Braq airport steps on the broken portrait of Col. Muammar Gadhafi in an act of disrespect on February 23, 2011. (Photo: …
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White House Declares Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional
The Obama administration said Wednesday that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and the Justice Department will no longer support it. The Defense of Marriage Act is a …