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Alcoholics Anonymous knows that recovery requires acknowledging one's illness; denial cripples recovery. What follows isn't about drinking, but about a more cunning disease. Before I say more, I want …

If the earthquakes in Chile and Haiti carry any message for those of us fortunate enough not to live in those places, perhaps it is that government regulation could …

Philip Morris International believes Uruguay is Marlboro Country. On February 19, the tobacco giant filed a lawsuit against that country, charging that new health measures involving cigarette packaging amount …

The absolute ... spells doom to everyone when it is introduced into the political realm. - Hannah Arendt [1] Democracy in the United States is experiencing both …

Phoenix, Arizona - When Maricopa County sheriff's deputies raided Celia Alejandra Alvarez's workplace and discovered her hiding place, she says they lifted her off her feet and slammed her …

Following a month of delays, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to send Dawn Johnsen, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Justice Department's powerful Office of Legal Counsel …

In recent weeks, former Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen has been on a public relations campaign defending the efficacy of waterboarding, going so far as to say that the torture …

Last Sunday, Nancy Pelosi vowed to wrangle up the votes needed to pass a health care bill even if it meant some Democratic lawmakers would be voted out of …

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-New York) relinquished the chairmanship to the powerful House Ways and Means Committee after the House Ethics Committee admonished him for taking corporate-funded trips. In a …

Baghdad - Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi security forces voted in early elections Thursday throughout the country, as bomb attacks near polling stations killed at least 12 people and …