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I'll begin this essay by declaring that it is my view that President Obama has not been the major disappointment that has left many li...

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When Barry Goldwater, in accepting the 1964 Republican presidential nomination declared that "extremism in the defense of liberty i...

The upshot of the Bush Torture Regime — the systematic use of Nazi-like interrogation techniques against foes and friends like — has be...

I haven't invested in stocks since the dot com bubble burst in March 2000 and my 401(k) was pretty much wiped out even though my investm...

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GANNETT Photograph by Murdo Macleod for The Guardian

There is a wonderful spring-fed swimming pool a short drive from our mountain retreat that even during the dog days of summer is refreshin...

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STAC AN ARMIN ( St. Kilda Archipelago, Scotland) Photograph by Murdo Macleod for The Guardian

By SUSAN WINTERS COOK It seemed simple enough, the boys had some very young puppies they were trying to sell by the side of a busy highway....

Those solemn men in robes who tell women what to do with their wombs but have proven beyond a doubt that they are incapable of telling their...

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Although the links between the excruciatingly slow recovery from the Bush Recession and the record-high federal budget deficit are to an e...

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A giant sigh of relief is emanating from the White House now that the budget deficit crisis has sort of passed. This however will not be a...

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With apologies to Abraham Lincoln, that is the harsh reality facing the Republican Party as it looks into an abyss called 2012. Having lea...

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Much has been written in recent months about the alternate universe in which many Republicans live. It is a universe populated not by hard ...

Politicians have been invoking the name of God since forever, but in an era when a substantial portion of the Republican base is hard-core...

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A pelican plays with a plastic cup at the Prague Zoo Photograph by Michal Cizek/ AFP-Getty Images

SSH! GENIUS AT WORK The last time that I visited the budget deficit debacle was in a post titled "The Great Republican Retreat of 2011...