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The drumbeat for war in Iran is getting louder, but opposition is coming from a seemingly unlikely source: the Cato Institute. This libertarian think tank generally sides with the …

Education Secretary Arne Duncan prepares to testify before the Senate Budget Committee. Duncan took the position after heading Chicago's widely criticized and troubled school system. (Photo: Medill DC) …

In southern Minnesota (Paul Wellstone country), a new revolt against money in politics has started. Should this revolt spread, it would provide a far quicker and more effective …

The Supreme Court building in Washington, December 19, 2011. (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews/The New York Times) Totalitarian systems disempower an unsuspecting population by gradually making legal what …

Former senator Rick Santorum speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC, October 7, 2011. (Photo: Gage Skidmore) The Santorum Strategy is not just about Santorum. …

It is estimated that up to a million people died as a function of George Bush Jr.’s decision to invade Iraq. According to Bush, that decision was made on …

President Barack Obama is projected on a screen as he speaks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, on March 4, 2012. …

In 1963, a senior Australian government official, A.R. Taysom, deliberated on the wisdom of deploying women as trade representatives. "Such an appointee would not stay young and attractive forever …

(Photo: JMRosenfeld; Edited: JR / TO) It was a total lockdown. As jet after jet swept in surreptitiously with top brass and political decision-makers on board, every …

Working mothers tend to be happier and healthier than mothers who stay at home caring for young children, according to recent research. But many of those who work are …