Op-Ed

Washington - The wounded are especially dangerous fighters. President Obama now occupies the high ground in the debt-ceiling debate, having called the Republicans' bluff on the debt. He showed …

How deceptive for politicians to stress “entitlements” when they talk about gutting Social Security and Medicare, two programs long paid for by their beneficiaries. The Republicans make it sound …

Economists and politicians keep their fingers on the pulse of the Dow Jones Average, following every tick of this narrow measure of Wall Street wealth. But the …

Protesters look on as the Egyptian military forms a line on a road in Cairo, on June 29, 2011. The protesters were said to be angry over the slow …

(Photo: Loteria Films) On August 28, 2008, two childhood friends from Midland, Texas, Bradley Crowder and David McKay, traveled north to join thousands of protesters at the …

Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. (Photo: World Economic Forum) New York - During the four decades since the Watergate affair engulfed US President Richard Nixon, politicians have repeatedly …

A product malfunctions causing severe injury to your eight year old son. A corporation lays off your neighbor without reason after thirty years of service and age discrimination is …

As we noted recently, one of the charges that policymakers seeking radical changes in Medicaid have leveled against the program is that Medicaid coverage is worse than no coverage. …

A soldier from A Company, 1 Rifles is pictured facing the downwash of a departing Merlin helicopter during Operation Omid Haft near the town of Alikosi in Helmand province, …

(Photo: bredgur) In 2009, stock owners, bankers, brokers, hedge-fund wizards, highly paid corporate executives, corporations, and mid-ranking managers pocketed—as either income, benefits, or perks such as corporate …