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Far-Left Democrats Rule Race for Kennedy
Each of the four Democratic candidates tends to skew pretty far left, and many likely voters are dedicated Democrats as well. Massachusetts holds its primary in the race for …
A Nation of Ostriches and Peacocks
A new Pew poll finds Americans are at record levels of isolationism, although large numbers are unilateralist and a plurality see China as the world's leading economic power.
Elections in Honduras: Whitewashing the Path to a Past of Horrors
I came to Honduras with the School of the Americas Watch/Quixote Center Accompaniment Delegation to participate as a human rights observer of the electoral climate in a delegation organized …
In Afghan Debate, Few Antiwar Op-Eds
Elite papers marginalize public opposition.
Philippines Massacre: State of Emergency Declared
The Philippines massacre of 46 people on Monday prompts President Gloria Arroyo to declare a state of emergency in the affected province. Is she ready to take on her …
New York’s Tough Enough for Terrorist Trials
If you want to royally tick off New Yorkers, try telling us what to do. That's probably why the police stopped trying to enforce the jaywalking laws here years …
The Palin Effect: How Sarah Palin Destroyed the Republican Party
Sarah Palin's heavily publicized book tour begins in earnest this Monday, but weeks before, her ghostwritten memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life, had already vaulted into the number one …
Is a Redo of Post-9/11 Paranoia the Best We Can Do?
The USA Patriot Act, rushed into law by a panicky US Congress in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, gave law enforcement sweeping …
Good News for the GOP? Not So Much
Ever watch “SportsCenter” on ESPN? Pound for pound, it's pretty much the most consistently entertaining program on television, but if you watch enough of it, you really …
A Triumph for Democracy in Honduras?
On Friday, October 30, a US-brokered, Agreement for National Reconciliation and the Strengthening of Democracy in Honduras was signed between President Manual Zelaya Rosales and coup …