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Washington - Here is the ultimate paradox of the Great Health Care Showdown: Congress will divide along partisan lines to pass a Republican version of health care reform, and …

As the states' budget and credit crises deepen, four states have initiated bills for state-owned banks, and candidates in seven states have included that solution in their platforms. …

Go visit potato country at the tippy-top of Maine. There, struggling farmers can look across the St. John River at equally hard-pressed potato growers in New Brunswick, Canada. The …

Demagogues often prosper under the rules of democracy, intimidating the moderate and preying on the weak-minded. But in a healthy society, such figures cannot cross a final threshold of …

Ever since Thomas Frank published his book “What's the Matter With Kansas?” Democrats have sought a political strategy to match the GOP's. The health care bill proves they've found …

Washington - If health care reform finally staggers across the finish line, it will be because President Obama and congressional Democrats recognized — at long last — the truth …

Two days before the seventh anniversary of the occupation of Iraq, more than a thousand antiwar protesters marched Thursday in downtown Chicago to chants of "Obama, don't lie to …

Egypt's war on bloggers suffered a major hit last week. Caving to pressure from the United Nations and international human rights groups, a military court released a 20-year-old civilian …

Standing at the edge of the health care precipice, President Barack Obama has reached a defining point in his presidency. The recent news that Anthem Blue Cross is planning …

Can a nation have PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)? Can a diagnosis created to understand the dysregulated behavior of individuals be applied to an entire nation? I argue yes on …