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Wars and Aisle-Crossing

Without clear party-line cues to follow, people—politicians included—are forced to do more serious thinking for themselves.

The GOP's New House

Will the Republicans try to roll back the entire Obama agenda?

The Looming Civil War in the Democratic Party

The Democrats are angry. Will President Obama pay for failing to display political leadership?

The Republican Landslide

The GOP is poised to dominate the midterm elections. Will it affect Americans' ability to choose their own senators and pay income taxes?

The GOP, the Dems, the Tea Party and Afghanistan

Will the Tea Party's concern over U.S. government spending translate into support for withdrawing from Afghanistan?

“Socialism,” Republican Style

Republicans are in love with one particular flavor of Big Government.

Democracies Get the Wars They Deserve

America is stuck in a pattern of accepting faulty concepts during wars as common knowledge. Remember the domino theory?

Hillary Clinton for Vice President?

Hillary Clinton may be Obama's only shot at victory in 2012.

Obama's Tax War

A tax-and-spend liberal on the war path?

Allies and Independent Thinking

It's good to have friends and allies who march to a different beat. Just look at the invasion of Iraq.

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May 26, 2012