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The men most responsible for the collapse of the American dream are heaped with honors at the highest levels of society.

The defense authorization bill that Congress passed and President Obama had threatened to veto will soon become law, a fact that should be met with public outrage.

Memo to Michele Bachmann: the founding fathers were inspired by the ideals of the Enlightenment and the power of science to improve human life.

From Michele Bachmann on the founding fathers to Rick Perry on secession and more, right-wing pundits, politicians and pseudo-historians are nibbling away at objective historical truths to rewrite history for present-day purposes.

At the highest levels, what’s civilian and what’s military are increasingly difficult to tell apart as the two spheres blur and blend. 

Between a fifth and a third of the white population remained loyal to Britain in 1776. Why?

Military spending is still a cow most sacred.

In California and Arizona, the anti-immigrant radical right is using the Tea Party to recreate itself.

Jack Rakove's Revolutionaries shows the founders as real people in motion instead of as Olympian gods.

The Tea Party favorite is in a race to stitch together a statewide Republican coalition.