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Weakling at home, imperial president abroad.

Obama breaks new ground when it comes to war with Iran.

The GOP panders to racists, and liberals are blamed for a “neurotic” obsession with race.

These new political monsters have let loose an avalanche of scorched-earth, negative campaign ads—and enriched TV stations in the process.

A military-first policy on a destabilizing planet.

Two volumes of T.S. Eliot's letters elucidate how the momentous achievements of his art were determined by moments of awful daring.

The liars and lunatics serve as a smoke screen for the conservative war on the poor and the middle class.

In terms of what used to be called “foreign policy,” and more recently “national security,” the United States is now a post-legal society.

Across the Greater Middle East from Tunisia and Egypt to Bahrain and Yemen, democratic protests are threatening to sweep away subordinate elites crucial to the wielding of American power.

PowerShift's green organizers descended on Washington this weekend and gave Obama some tough love.