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It was to be the war that would establish empire as an American fact. It would result in a thousand-year Pax Americana. It was to be “mission …

A participant in a protest against the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) holds a sign in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 29, 2011. (Photo: Mentatmark) Scottsdale, AZ - …

The new great hope for job creation in Washington is the Keystone pipeline, a plan to create a pipeline that would transport oil from Alberta, Canada, as far as …

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Arab Spring, European Summer, American Autumn and now the challenge of winter. Here in Kabul, Afghanistan, the travelers of our small Voices for Creative Nonviolence delegation share an apartment …

Ron Paul, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, at a campaign event in Newton, Iowa, on December 28, 2011. (Photo: Eric Thayer / The New York Times) …

If the same standards are applied to Newt Gingrich as have, for years, been applied to the now-defunct ACORN organization by both Republicans and their media arm, Fox “News”, …

My political prediction for 2012 (based on absolutely no inside information): Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden swap places. Biden becomes Secretary of State — a position he’s apparently coveted …

Demonstrators rejoice upon hearing that President Hosni Mubarak had resigned after 18 days of protests against his government, ending 30 years of autocratic rule, in Cairo, Feb. 11, 2011. …

Activists rally for a constitutional amendment overturning the Citizens United Supreme Court decision on Friday, January 21, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Brendan Hoffman / Public Citizen) …