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Will the new president's mega-million-dollar makeover of the main library scare off scholars and leave the branches begging?

Gitmo in the present millennium is no departure at all from the American tradition in Guantánamo Bay.

A case being heard this month will likely define the free speech rights of federal employees and so determine the quality of people who will make up our government.

As Occupy Wall Street goes global, we must define a bold, clear vision going forward. The stakes have never been higher.

The vast inheritance we all share—our precious common resources—is being stolen. A movement seeks to take it back.

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.

Instead of standing up to those in power, News Corp. has fostered cozy relationship with governments on both sides of the Atlantic.

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

The news media these days look to outperform one another in their showings of concern for the lost battalion of America’s unemployed. Consult any newspaper, wander the Internet or the television talk-show circuit, and at the top of the column or the hour the headline is jobs.