Once upon a time, it seemed as if our leaders understood that "too big to fail" meant "too big to exist." But in Sen. Dodd's financial reform bill, the big banks won't be dismantled -- they'll be watched ... by a committee.
Billionaire Meg Whitman, the seeming political cipher who would be governor of California, is purchasing endless amounts of unanswered advertising.
Coleman Bean is one of 160 soldiers who took their lives in 2009; that is the highest level since 2003. Awareness has developed that this problem can no longer be trivialized. Even better, the Army is frantically looking for solutions.
It is time to remove the production and distribution of marijuana out of the hands of violent criminal enterprises and into the hands of licensed businesses, and the only way to do that is through legalization.
Why is it that only the corporate Democrats can negotiate, whole those who want what's right for the American people always fold?
The crisis with China is accelerating quickly, and is so severe that economist from all over the political spectrum are calling for the U.S. to take drastic action against China currency manipulation.
While diplomats may sign treaties, it is people who make peace and the people of Israel have every right to ask this basic question: When will the hate end?
Hamas has designated this day, in this place, its Day of Rage. In this context, why then, are smiles appearing on the faces of Mahmoud Zahar and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?
April will begin possibly the busiest four months in arms control history -- packed with a new Nuclear Posture Review, START Treaty, Nuclear Security Summit, and the Review Conference to the Nonproliferation Treaty.
Oil at $80 a barrel is an outrage and a reflection of this country's, as the world's largest consumer of oil, lack of leadership on matters oil pricing.
The organization in which Barack Obama got his start, the Gamaliel Foundation, is a faith-based group that helps create grassroots change. I talked to Gamaliel's President, Ann Smith.
Few noticed the significance of a gift that President Obama gave to the Dalai Lama -- telling the story of a relationship forged between the US and the Dalai Lama before Beijing asserted control over Tibet.
After Barack Obama announced his candidacy, I promised the Latino community that -- at last -- we had a candidate who would fight for us and for our causes. But now I'm having doubts.
The current health care bill that Democrats are pushing actually limiting rights women have won through the courts over years.
You don't give a forum to a guy who worships at the swollen feet of Rush Limbaugh and not expect him to draw controversy; on the contrary, it's why you hire him in the first place.
Which act does more to undermine trust and the atmosphere for peace: a zoning permit for apartments or a memorial to terrorism?
With the third intifada knocking at the door, the old American pattern -- an ever-renewable forgetfulness about the conduct of Israel and de facto postponement of the question of Palestine -- is less tenable than ever.
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The policy has been consistent under both Democrats and Republicans: settlements are an obstacle to peace and endanger US interests. It might also be noted that the settlements do even more damage to Israel itself.
Today Washington witnessed a rare moment of comity with the release of the National Broadband Plan. Let's step back and appreciate the process that got us to this potentially historic day.
Obama's Deputy Campaign Manager is threatening to primary Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin if she defends a woman's right to choose from Ben Nelson's assault in the Senate.
