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“Worried Democrats courting elderly voters as midterm elections near,” reads a headline in The Washington Post. It's long been clear that if Democrats had been less afraid, they'd have …

Insurgents appeared headed for victory in two key political contests in stunning demonstrations of strength from the anti-establishment tea party movement and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Rick Scott, …

Washington - There are times when I flirt with the notion that the country would be better off with divided government. If Republicans took control, say, of the House, …

In a 1965 essay, the great development economist Albert Hirschman bemoaned the tendency of those in his profession to look for the next panacea. Unfortunately, various panaceas have come …

This week, for the first time, the United States submitted a report to the U.N. Human Rights Council, a rotating body of countries that peer-review U.N. member countries’ human …

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Cutting Through the Media's Bogus Bomb-Iran Debate America's march to a disastrous war in Iraq began in the media, where an unprovoked U.S. invasion of an Arab country …

Over the past decade, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac transformed themselves into some of the worst-run companies in recent history. But contrary to current talking points, the firms' failings …

It’s time for us progressives to stop playing defense on Social Security. We’ve watched the retirement system suffer years of attacks by conservatives and by class traitors in the …