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Depending on the source that is used, tens of thousands to between 87,000 to 96,000 people attended conservative commentator Glenn Beck's “Restoring Honor” rally on the steps of the …

California's Proposition 19 is generating debate across the country. During this midterm election season, the Monitor will feature a series of “one-minute debates” on top political issues. Yes: …

It appears that Simon [Johnson] beat me to commenting on Third World America, Arianna Huffington's bleak portrait of many of the things that are wrong with America (crumbling infrastructure, …

Washington - President Obama's address to the nation on Iraq this week underscores the agony of his presidency, and its core political problem. Seen from the inside, the administration …

Perhaps one of the biggest impediments to women's equality in the United States is a pervasive, persistent and too-common myth: it's all been done. It's a cruel trick, as …

President Obama is apparently content to have an abrasive and abusive senator's son sit as co-chairman of his deficit commission. We can assume that these traits were a direct …

A wounded man, blood-covered and frantic, approached a military checkpoint in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, 100 miles south of Brownsville, Texas, with a horrifying story. Reportedly shot in the neck …

President Obama spoke on the fifth anniversary of the day the Hurricane Katrina touched ground in the Gulf Coast. He also addressed the recent Gulf oil spill that continues …

Kandahar, Afghanistan — Moving all the things 100,000 troops need to fight and survive in a hostile foreign land is never an easy task. In a landlocked, mountainous country …

Washington - The crowds that descended on the Mall Saturday for the Glenn Beck “Restoring Honor” rally were clear about several things: what they wanted to eat (sandwiches brought …