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New York - Nearly a year after advocacy groups sought documents to clarify the Department of Homeland Security's “Secure Communities” programme, the government has largely failed to satisfy the …

The cannabis industry has flexed its muscles in 15 states where it's legal to smoke marijuana for medical purposes. Now the industry is ready to go to work in …

Israeli police are systematically interrogating Palestinian children as young as eight in an attempt to quell stone-throwing in East Jerusalem’s most volatile neighborhood, according to a new report by …

The many accolades coming out following the sudden death on Monday of veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke ignore his rather sordid history of supporting dictators, war criminals and military solutions …

Since E.D. Hirsch failed in his noble jihad to enforce Cultural Literacy, I can't assume readers are familiar with the scene in “Annie Hall” in which Woody Allen stops …

Washington - The Senate voted overwhelmingly Monday to limit debate on the White House/Republican tax-cut deal, a test vote that virtually assures Senate passage in a day or two …

In the US Army manual on counterinsurgency, the American commander Gen. David Petraeus describes Afghanistan as a “war of perception … conducted continuously using the news media.” What really …

Washington - The most important legacy of the WikiLeaks affair will almost surely be the rapidly escalating cyberwar that the group's renegade disclosures have sparked. If you think you're …

Some battles in American history and politics never end, at least in terms of passionate public argument. The Civil War. The Vietnam War. Abortion. The Red Sox and the …