Pentagon lifts ban on women in combat and it’s about time
The Pentagon’s groundbreaking decision to lift the U.S. military’s official ban on women in combat actually acknowledges the reality that
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President Obama’s ban on assault weapons is the right move
In April 1999, two teenagers at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorad0, went on a killing spree at their suburban
Read moreGOP: Get your act together and find rational alternatives that appeal to all Americans
My boss at a major civil rights coalition once accused me of being willing to work for Republicans. “You’re right,”
Read moreMr. Romney, how about ‘Binders full of Americans?’
Since I don’t watch political debates, what I get out of them is the verbal flotsam and jetsam that make
Read moreWhy I won’t watch the debates
I didn’t watch the first one, I didn’t watch the second, and I won’t be watching the third of the
Read moreIndia’s blackout left millions without power: Could America be next?
In the wake of India’s recent 50 percent electrical outage with more than 600 million residents losing power, more Americans
Read moreWill DC Mayor Vincent Gray fall like ex-Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon?
As mayor, Adrian Fenty was young, sometimes petty as when he wouldn’t share Washington Nationals tickets with council members and,
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Supreme Court ruling to uphold Obamacare was the ‘right’ decision
My niece is married to a Norwegian and lives in Oslo. When they had their first baby, she got six
Read moreWhat does Gov. Scott Walker’s recall victory in Wisconsin really mean?
Whoa, all you political Cassandras, those of you who see the sound defeat to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as
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Trayvon Martin’s case brings back past
Believe it or not, I, and the vast majority of African Americans, do not wake up in the morning, look
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