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Editor’s Note: Thanks in part to the iconic status of Ronald Reagan – and the “Charlie Wilson’s War” lionizing of the anti-Soviet jihad in Afghanistan – Americans have little …

Jerry Brown may be mellower and more experienced than when he first served as governor in 1975. Now he faces big challenges given California's more diverse population and flagging …

Ralph Nader in a CNN poll a few days before the 2008 presidential election had an estimated 3 percent of the electorate, or about 4 million people, behind his …

GOP Congress to Target Spending

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews had a good laugh during a recent segment about the five biggest political lies of 2010. PolitiFact gave the top prize to Republicans and pundits who …

As Paul Krugman aptly summarizes, “recovery” is today's fool’s gold. Good news about the economy — higher holiday sales, lower unemployment filings – feeds a truly dangerous beltway conventional …

Washington - The official line of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), the NATO command in Afghanistan, is that the war against Afghan insurgents is vital to the security …

By this point, many people have come across the name Hugh Jidette, the moniker of the fictional presidential candidate created by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation to advance its …

War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. - John F. Kennedy In 1981, in …

Washington - As the 112th Congress dawns this week, North Carolina's trio of conservative Democrats find themselves not only a minority within the U.S. House of Representatives, but within …