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A speech for the ages
Little more than a month has elapsed since a speech given by Vladimir Putin and the response of the dominant centers of the Empire and its commonwealth has been a total silence. That's…
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Why the Supreme Court should be the biggest issue of the 2016 campaign
Whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican, there is probably no single issue you ought to be more concerned about in the 2016 campaign than what the court will look like after the next…
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Obama on the final stretch
To use logic to understand U.S. policy is always a risky intellectual exercise, but it's evident that, in this and other cases, Obama has an opportunity to act in what paradoxically is…
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Racist anti-immigrant cartoons from the turn of the 20th century
There was a time in America when the Irish were characterized as apes, Italians as street filth, and Chinese as parasitic locusts.
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Guns don’t kill people, cops do
It’s not surprising that police unions everywhere are fighting the move to place cameras on officers’ uniforms. Every action taken by that officer on the street would be recorded for…
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Darren Wilson not indicted: Justice system has failed us once again
The lack of justice against Officer Darren Wilson reminded guest columnist Rashad Robinson of the vicious police beating of Rodney King.
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Latinos, young voters applaud Obama action on immigration, polls show
Latino voters of both parties blame Congressional Republicans for failing to pass an immigration reform bill.
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Poisoning the well
The idea that Obama's action somehow poisoned the well is preposterous. The fact is that the GOP-run House has turned down every immigration reform proposal brought before it.
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It’s incredibly rare for a grand jury to do what Ferguson’s just did
A St. Louis County grand jury on Monday decided not to indict Ferguson, Missouri, police Officer Darren Wilson in the August killing of teenager Michael Brown. The decision wasn’t a…
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