in incarcerations. From Reuters: “A U.S. Justice Department report released on November 30 showed that a record 7 million people — or one in every 32 American adul...

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I was listening to a radio interview today with a retired Marine, Col. Thomas X. Hammes, a noted authority on modern warfare. He’s on a promotion tour f...

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In the spirit of “patriots” who want to criminalize flag-burning (thus missing the whole point of what the flag represents), I ...

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Not Michael Steele, as previously rumored. But Florida Sen. Mel Martinez. This seems like an odd pick. Martinez will remain in the Senate, ...

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You know a campaign is in trouble when it has to spend money on this: Rep. Don Sherwood, a Republican fighting for re-election in northeastern Penns...

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The Iraqis are free to pass any laws they want, of course. But is this what we envisioned when we invaded? Under a broad new set of laws criminalizing...

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I’ve got to hand it to the Democrats. The strategy of allowing the Republicans to “thrash out” their differences on the tr...

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