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The math doesn’t add up. It shouldn't cost Obama votes—and it won’t.

British investigations reveal the shocking extent of his shady tactics. Can we really believe he hasn’t used the same methods here?

Americans who worry about dangerous trends overseas should take a look at warning signs much closer to home.

To transform this bland, tired ritual into an occasion for spirited collective action, Earth Day must return to its roots.

As in a Rorschach test, people see in him what they want to see. Why don’t we look at his record?

Varamo is the latest novel-in-translation from Argentina’s slipperiest living writer.

Will Elizabeth Warren's ability to connect with ordinary people be enough to win her a Massachusetts seat in the Senate?

The Republicans are a sick joke, and their narrow ideological stupidity has left rational voters no choice in the coming presidential election but Barack Obama.

With Mitt Romney’s Super-PAC limo now on cruise control to victory at the GOP convention, voters are left with only two reasons to vote against Barack Obama.

The Czech playwright's enduring ideas about politics, truth and human nature.