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Feds File New Arizona Immigration Lawsuit, This Time to Protect Workers
The Justice Department alleges that an Arizona public college discriminated against immigrant job candidates. The case could pit states' rights against those of the federal government. Los Angeles - …
A Speech for Endless War
On the last night of August, the president used an Oval Office speech to boost a policy of perpetual war. Hours later, The New York Times front page offered …
Pakistan’s Political Future Questioned After the Flood
Islamabad, Pakistan - Will the fallout from the worst natural disaster in Pakistan's history result in the downfall of its fragile civilian government? That question is front and center …
News in Brief: Three Congressmen Face Possible Ethics Probe, and More
Two Republicans and One Democrat in Congress Face Possible Ethics Probe
Environmentalists Push for Coal-Ash Regulation
New York - In what promises to be a contentious, high-profile series of debates, the forces of environmental protection will be lining up against those of the electric power …
The Pentagon’s Double Envelopment of President Barack Obama
The “double envelopment” or pincer movement is a classic military maneuver that finds the flanks of the opponent under simultaneous attack from the opposing forces. The maneuver may have …
Hillary Clinton vs. Sarah Palin 2012?
Sara Palin is a popular media creation, but the public doesn't think much of her as presidential timber. Let's keep that in mind.
The Awful Price for Teaching Less Than We Know
Watching Glenn Beck's performance Saturday at his “Restoring Honor” rally in Washington, DC, I thought of the novelist Sinclair Lewis' Elmer Gantry, the charlatan evangelist who seduces most of …
In Search of Real Security, Part Two: Societies, Like All Living Things, Need Air and Light to Live
“Your Majesty, please…I don’t like to complain, But down here below, we are feeling great pain.” …
Hamas Targets Israeli-Palestinian Talks by Killing Four Israelis
Hamas took responsibility for the fatal shooting of four Israeli settlers outside Hebron today, on the eve of Israeli-Palestinian talks in Washington. Tel Aviv - As Middle Eastern leaders …