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From Newt Gingrich to Ron Paul, Republican presidential candidates have stopped speaking in code and embraced baldly racist rhetoric.

These days, we need a new set of terms to explain what US air power actually does.

With the Olympics coming to town, the state seeks to reclaim the favelas.

The war hero has long sought to bury information about POWs left behind in Vietnam.

Official lies have always been with us. But our political life--as depicted by Maureen Dowd, among others--has been poisoned by the even more insidious unrebuttable lie.

Cesar, who was always good at symbols, saved his best for last: a simple pine box, fashioned by his brother's hands, carried unceremoniously through the Central Valley town he made famous.

How long did it take Republicans to write their thank-you note to the Christian right? About five minutes.

Neocons isolate State Department experts, with disastrous results.

Research support for this article was provided by the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute.

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