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The tax code needs fixing to be fairer and less complex. But let's set some rules for this debate. Here are the Five Commandments of Tax Reform: Thou shall …

Vice Adm. William McRaven traveled to the village of Khataba to offer personal apologies for the five Afghanistan deaths in a botched special forces raid there in February. The …

Nahal Oz, Gaza - Patchwork clouds of smoke moved to and fro in the wind above a group of Palestinian youth waving Palestinian flags, standing on top of a …

In Prague, President Obama signed the modest START 1 Follow On Treaty, or "New START," between the US and Russia. It helps to stabilize the relationship between the two …

During Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings, Senate advocates and the Obama administration depicted her as a judicial moderate, balancing her liberal record on equal protection cases against …

[This report appears in the Spring 2010 issue of World Policy Journal and is posted here with the kind permission of the editors of that magazine.]

Last Sunday marked the 42nd anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee, cutting short his dream. But it also marked the launch of …

In applying to political discourse the scientific discoveries of how concepts are embodied in our brains, George Lakoff and his associates have made an important contribution to how we …

Airtime: Friday, April 9, 2010, at 9:00 PM (EST) on PBS (check local listings here).

Airtime: Friday, April 9, 2010, at 9:00 PM (EST) on PBS (check local listings here).