Op-Ed

Washington - It was clear before Sunday's horrific massacre of civilians that it's past time for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan to end. Now the only question should be …

(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) The economist Brad DeLong notes that the Republican Party we now see in the primaries has …

The private prison industry is on the march. In recent months the industry moved to take over 24 state prisons in southern Florida and buy five prisons in Ohio. …

Let Santorum and Romney duke it out for who will cut taxes on the wealthy the most and shred the public services everyone else depends on. The rest of …

Is smaller government really better for the economy? Conservatives chant that taxes and government “take money out of the economy” and we need to “cut and grow,” meaning if …

Why can’t GOP politicians trumpet their religious credentials without assaulting women?  Because fundamentalist religion of all stripes has degradation of women at its core. Fundamentalist Christianity is no exception. Progressive Christians believe that …

February’s 227,000 net new jobs – the third month in a row of job gains well in excess of 200,000 – is good news for President Obama and …

Yangon - Here in Myanmar (Burma), where political change has been numbingly slow for a half-century, a new leadership is trying to embrace rapid transition from within. The government …

Robert Allen Stanford. (Photo: Michael Stravato / The New York Times) On Tuesday, Texas financier Robert Allen Stanford was convicted in a Houston federal court on 13 …

In the end, Mormon money and organization has stopped crusading papism in its tracks. In the crucial state of Ohio, millionaire Mitt Romney beat Rick Santorum. In the nine …