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Surprise - Feds Support Ruling Against Biotech Gene Patents

It is now the morning after. Republicans, as expected, are celebrating a sweeping victory. Democrats are licking their wounds. Meanwhile, record numbers of people are still contending with the …

Recently, many commentators have equated recent European complaints about the weak American dollar with American complaints about the undervalued Chinese renminbi. Take, for example, commentary published Oct. 14 in …

Washington - The Republican takeover of the House of Representatives will mean a new lineup of powerful committee chairmen devoted to tough fiscal discipline, dramatic changes in health care …

It's bad enough that we lost progressive champions like Russ Feingold, and that the leadership and committees of the House will be taken over by advocates of domestic austerity …

When I was down in Guantánamo a few months ago, a veteran German journalist let it slip that she didn’t much care for the place. “This,” she confided in …

The urge to punish politicians is understandable no matter who is in power, because they inevitably disappoint the fond hopes of their admirers and raise the hackles of their …

The tea party spoke! Loudly, powerfully and proudly. But besides, “Throw the bums out,” what did it say? And now that the party part is over and the nasty …

Yesterday, we went to the polls and cast our votes. The act of voting reassures us that we still live in a democracy. This is true in name only. …

Washington - President Barack Obama's call on Congress to repeal “don't ask, don't tell” is likely to founder after key House members were defeated in Tuesday's elections. The House, …