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John Grant | Afghanistan’s Corruption Conundrum
Corruption is more and more being built up as our greatest problem in Afghanistan. It’s all over the newspapers and the TV. At the epi-center of this corruption, the …

Zach Carter | What’s the Hold-Up on Elizabeth Warren?
Nobody seriously disputes whether Elizabeth Warren is the best-qualified candidate to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Everybody recognizes the bipartisan political appeal that Warren has with voters, and …

Tea Party Outsiders Defeat Moderate Republicans in Primaries
American voters watched closely on Tuesday as Republican dissidents and Tea Party-backed candidates Christine O'Donnell and Carl Paladino took victories in the last major round of primary runoffs. O'Donnell's …

Escaping Tolerance
Gentlemen, start your defibrillators. To baby boomers like me, it gives the heart a bit of jolt to realize that 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the presidential campaign …

Election Day Problems Reported in NYC, Statewide on NY’s New E-Voting Systems
Mayor declares “royal mess” on city's ES&S machines; Probs elsewhere on systems made by Dominion/Sequoia. Election officials, advocates had long warned, were ignored...

Robert Scheer | After Summers Comes the Fall
When will the president give Lawrence Summers his pink slip? He can thank him for his years of service and use the excuse that his top economic adviser wants …

Wyoming Fracking Rules Would Disclose Drilling Chemicals
New rules going into effect Wednesday will place Wyoming at the forefront of the national push to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, the drilling technique that’s been suspected …

Tea Party Wins in Delaware as O’Donnell Routs GOP Favorite
Washington - Tea party favorite Christine O'Donnell, a little-known underdog, Tuesday defeated veteran Delaware congressman Mike Castle for the state's Republican U.S. Senate nomination, the latest in a nationwide …

Fracking for Natural Gas: EPA Hearings Bring Protests
Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is a controversial process for extracting natural gas from shale. Critics of fracking question the environmental and health effects of pumping thousands of gallons of …

House Hearing to Probe Camp Lejeune Water Contamination
Washington - Thirteen years ago, a federal scientific agency in Atlanta issued a sweeping report on the potential health effects of 30 years' worth of contaminated water at the …