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California Puts Same-Sex Marriages on Hold

Of the many lies George W. Bush told us about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, some were larger but none worse than that told about the death of …

If independent-minded Web sites, like WikiLeaks or, say, Consortiumnews.com, existed 43 years ago, I might have risen to the occasion and helped save the lives of some 25,000 U.S. …

New York Times columnist and economist Paul Krugman, in his column today, is right to expose the attacks on Social Security as being the work of right-wing ideologues eager …

The crazy conservative assault on government spending has become one of the most irrational economic policy debates in recent years. The Republican Party is trying to maintain the fiction …

The spectacle of terror and fear has developed a singular focus of communication and control.

Before becoming a star, Kelly Clarkson spent time in a homeless shelter in Hollywood. Halle Barry did the same in New York — it can happen to anyone, especially …

In 1962, the historian Barbara Tuchman published a book about the start of World War I and called it The Guns of August. It went on to win a …

Last year, the Supreme Court ruled that a West Virginia State Supreme Court judge should have recused himself from a case involving Massey Energy because of an “extreme” conflict …

It’s official. China is now #2. Its economy (measured in nominal GDP for the second quarter) is now bigger than Japan’s (according to numbers released today from the Japanese …