As the U.S. Senate today debates whether to bar the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases, it’s worth considering what would happen if every country in the world …
Until quite recently, it seemed that Turkey had a clearly defined role in the Middle East, from the standpoint of US policy. They were the “good Muslims,” who were …
The dust bowl of the 1930s is symbolic of the violence unleashed in rural America and the rest of the world by industrialized farming or agribusiness, which mechanized what …
Washington - Congress headed home Thursday for a four-day break, after failing again to extend jobless benefits for an estimated 325,000 people, fund summer jobs for at-risk youths or …
Washington - While U.S. officials insist they are making progress in reversing the momentum built up by the Taliban insurgency over the last several years, the latest news from …
Mr. President, please move closer to the right. No, not closer to the politics and conservative ideology of Sens. McConnell (R-Kentucky), Kyl (R-Arizona) or Congressman Boehner (R-Ohio). Please move …
Today's most important economic news: U.S. household debt fell for the seventh straight quarter in the first three months of 2010 as Americans continued to respond to the recession's …