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We went to Mount Vernon in Virginia a few weeks ago. It was the first time I'd been to George Washington's family estate since a whirlwind day tour of …

As America lurches toward new and unfamiliar status as a nation that defaults on its debts, commentators around the world are wondering how the democratic government that was once …

Washington - Media reports are touting the Senate’s Gang of Six and its new budget outline. But the news that explains why the nation is caught in this debt-ceiling …

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on July 15, 2011. (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times) …

Paestum, Italy - Walls tell you a lot about a country’s history. Since their purpose is to keep people out who want to get in, they generally mean trouble. …

“You can't breathe, you can't sleep,” said White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, as she described the stress of worrying about an aging parent who needs assistance, and explained …

Members of the House of Representatives meet with Elizabeth Warren, Special Advisor for the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 20, 2011. …

Federal police officers check the blood stains on the sidewalk where two people were shot dead with high-powered weapons in Guadalupe, Mexico, Jan. 6, 2010. Erika Gandara, 28, was …

(Photo: puuikibeach) The global obesity/diabetes epidemic is receiving wide-spread attention like the June 26 article in The Washington Post by David Brown. One-fourth of our national health …