China and the United States on Monday agreed to jointly reduce the risk of “miscalculation” between the two powerful armed forces, as they restore military ties frayed by a massive US arms deal to Taiwan…
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There’s a lot to be said about the recent attack by conservatives on the Federal Reserve, though none of it is good. Representative Ron Paul of Texas will head the committee that oversees the Fed…
Tap water from 31 of 35 U.S. cities tested contains hexavalent chromium (or chromium-6), the carcinogenic “Erin Brockovich chemical,” according to laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group (EWG). The highest levels were detected in…
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned that the country would find it necessary to build up its nuclear forces, if the United State’s doesn’t ratify a new arms reduction treaty. That could possibly mean a…
Many Americans agree on one thing: the current two-party political system is broken. According to the new NBC/WSJ poll, only a tiny minority–15 percent–think the two-party system works fairly well. Fifty-two percent say it has…
The world is becoming smaller, and younger generations today are getting a chance that our parents and grandparents did not have – that is to travel the world, study abroad and learn about things we…
Netanyahu presents security cabinet with Clinton’s incentive of 20 F-35 fighter planes and security guarantees in exchange for 90-day West Bank building moratorium. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s seven-member inner cabinet discussed Saturday an offer…
McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — The good paying, predominantly white-collar jobs that once sustained many American communities are disappearing at an alarming rate, keeping the unemployment rate stubbornly high despite the end of the Great Recession….
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People rightly want answers, and they are not getting them except from voices that tell tales that have some internal coherence—if you suspend disbelief. The U.S. midterm elections register a level of anger, fear and…