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Bush's "compassionate conservatism" is a deft--and dishonest--strategy.

Kathy Boudin's parole from Bedford Hills Correctional Facility after
twenty-two years is welcome and overdue.

The giggle factor might propel a Jesse Ventura wannabe into management of the world's sixth-largest economy.

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A political epic with a cast of thousands.

Read special extracts from Jonathan Schell's new book, The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and The Will of the People.

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The sullen attitude of most Democratic politicians toward young people
is reflected in Hillary Clinton's memoir, Living History, in
which she laments that people between the ages of 18 a

California has often spun the cautionary tales of American progress.
Smog. Sprawl. Ronald Reagan.

A speech at NYU offers a stinging condemnation of Bush's leadership on the war.