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Global Problems Call for Global Solutions
Pope Francis recommends the United Nations determine how best to cope with the spreading threat of the Islamic State.
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Sunset an Authorization for the Use of Force in Iraq
Congress and the American people should not accept that major decisions about the use of US military power and resources abroad be made indefinitely - behind closed doors - …
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Will Obama’s Commutation Allow Grandma Hardy and Thousands of Drug War Prisoners to Finally Go Home?
The Obama administration and the US Sentencing Commission are allowing drug war prisoners to retroactively apply for commutation and reduced sentences. But will these changes actually allow 71-year-old Phyllis …
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Stop Complaining About “Big Government” and Embrace It
When it comes to government, it's not about how big or small it is. It's about how effective or ineffective it is.
Coal Miners Are Mad…and Scared and They Have a Right To Be
I saw poverty on that trip in those hidden Appalachian valleys that I'd not seen since the Kennedy-Johnson era and the War on Poverty days.
Ukraine: The Collapse of the Liberal “Left”
War - is peace! Freedom - is slavery! Democracy - is the limitation of all rights! Freedom of speech - is silence!
Do You Trust the Government? 87% of Americans Don’t
Americans are seriously lacking faith in the system u2013 in fact, trust in the U.S. government is at an all-time low.
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Democrat Youth Wing Fires Members Who Criticized Israel’s Child Killings
This strain of fascism seems to be migrating from Israel, where students and employees have been punished and fired for expressing sympathy for Gaza on social media.
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Obama’s Cuba Policy: Washington’s Potemkin Village
The White House has been relentless in its attempts to destabilize Cuba.
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Foreign Policy in Blunderland
It was my last day at the Department of State when - already perhaps a few sheets to the wind from some private celebrating - I saw the White …