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The woman gunning for Sen. Harry Reid's (D-NV) job doesn't believe that autism exists. Yes, you heard right. Sharron Angle believes that the neurodevelopmental disorder know to medical science …

Trade union workers launched a massive strike throughout Europe today in a protest against budget cuts. Marches are taking place in Brussels, Greece, Italy and Spain, among other countries, …

One version of an old joke features a shipwrecked economist on a deserted island who, when asked by his fellow survivors what expertise he can offer on how they …

The death of 13-year-old Seth Walsh in California is one of at least three youth suicide cases nationwide this month that are prompting renewed attention to antigay bullying.

On Tuesday September 21, Texas Rep. Lamar Smith tried scoring political points by claiming that the Barack Obama administration is ‘soft’ on marijuana. Here's a reality check.

This month marks the 20th anniversary of Bernard Lewis' seminal essay “The Roots of Muslim Rage.” So profound was the impact of this work, it inspired Samuel Huntington's "Clash …

Future historians will marvel at the austerity madness that gripped policy elites in the spring of 2010. In a flurry of blind panic and irrational exuberance, organizations from the …

Life, as we all know, is unfair. As Bertrand Russell noted, "In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, …

Approximately 17 people have been charged over the past month with crimes related to the protests against former BART cop Johannes Mehserle's involuntary manslaughter verdict on July 8. Some …

Washington - Since 1976, more than 90 percent of incumbents in the House of Representatives have won re-election, and new signs suggest that's likely to happen again in November, …