Politics

Now that a global interconnectedness appears to have taken form, what would happen if Global Committees of Trans-Correspondence were established?

The war in Afghanistan continues despite the absence of any convincing motive and ever-compounding costs.

This month's battles over the budget and the Tea Party Republicans' fanaticism about the health care law obscure the two parties' common commitment to austerity.

Noam Chomsky: Is the president veering toward isolationism? Or will he proudly carry the banner of exceptionalism?

Intervention - radical struggle - seeks human happiness, tranquility, liberation. While the threats aligned today against the realization of these ends are considerable, it is clear humanity is capable …

Rumors abounded that the next step would be a declaration of a run for the governoru2019s mansion. Now, itu2019s here. Davis is running.

The GOP's trying to solve the problem it has created for itself by offering the administration something they both seem to want: Social Security cuts, and perhaps benefit reductions …

What happened next says a lot about what happens when the governmentu2019s privacy protections collide with the day-to-day realities of global surveillance.

Republicans in Congress are like a dog that chases cars and finally catches one. There is a fleeting sense of accomplishment, followed by sheer panic.

Throughout this country's history, believers in two different visions of what American society should be have duked it out over every single aspect of public policy.