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The United States Department of Defense could more aptly be named the United States Department of War, as it was called until 1949. As a subdivision of the executive

This is the first in a series of articles in which Carl Woodward will address commonly held objections to Marxism. “How do you tell a Communist? Well, it’s someone who

(Palin likes Ted. Says a lot doesn't it? (Public Domain) Sometimes in politics, it isn’t who wins the vote but who loses. Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri brilliantly saw

A historic agreement between opposition leaders and the Ukrainian government Friday – and the sudden disappearance Saturday of (former?) President Viktor Yanukovich – mark a new, precarious stage in

I shouldn’t even be writing this. The problem with a serious answer to Republican would-be militants is that we shouldn’t take these people seriously. Like all bullies, they want to

After the USSR dissolved in 1989, a substantial slice of United States’ foreign policy continued to be locked in an anachronistic Cold War mentality. The “disciplined democracy” of Fulgencio Batista,

What are the reasons for the George Washington Bridge lane closings and the purported misappropriation of Hurricane Sandy relief funds? As the scandal plagued administration of New Jersey Governor

It might have been an interesting game – if the Denver Broncos had bothered to show up. Instead, it was all over from that first Denver snap when Peyton Manning

Following the reaction to last weeks'  column, I thought I'd put forth some ideas on how to replace the Second Amendment. So, President Obama and Congress take note. “The carrying