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It’s finally coming into focus, and it’s not even a difficult equation to grasp. It goes like this: take a country in the grips of an expanding national security …

This is the way the euro ends. Not with a whimper, but with a bank run. OK, I’m overstating the case — we are still a long way from …

Coal production is becoming increasingly unpopular in the United States. Not a single coal plant has broken ground anywhere in the country in almost two full years. It's truly …

Washington - The debate over the “don't ask don't tell” policy that bars gays from serving openly in the military will heat up Tuesday when the Pentagon issues a …

European financial and political leaders are now imposing a social disaster on Ireland's people. It parallels and worsens the similar disasters underway in Greece and eastern European countries and …

It was the fifteenth time I’d trekked to Columbus, Georgia, to the gate of Fort Benning, for the annual November demonstration to close the School of the Americas. Since …

Historian Eric Foner has just published The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery (W.W. Norton),in which he explores Lincoln’s role in the ending of slavery in the United …

We need to build a new economy, one that promotes widespread prosperity while protecting us against ecological disaster. The problem is that the current economy has been structured explicitly …

Are they there to govern, or just destroy? As Washington works through its “lame duck” session and prepares for next year's new Congress, there are signs that the government-haters …

Washington - The Obama administration moved Monday to contain potential damage to U.S. national security from the WikiLeaks release of tens of thousands of sensitive U.S. diplomatic documents and …