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Pro-company laissez-faire will not fix the structural failures in U.S. capitalism. Only pro-people policies can solve our nation's low competitiveness, instability, and investment deficit.

Rep. Paul Ryan's new budget offers a robust cure to our long-neglected and ailing economy.

If Republicans hope to win in November, they must include the libertarian congressman on their eventual presidential ticket. Take a mental field trip with me here.

The best response to partisan anger is to do nothing at all: to just forget about it.

Is Paul's campaign on life support?

(VIDEO) The Obama campaign and the Republican National Committee have released dueling web videos about the president's legacy. Who do you agree with?

In a sport dominated by African-American players and popularized in poorer urban areas, Lin just doesn’t fit the mold.

Does Obama's support for a mild adjustment of tax rates make him socialist? Do any of his policies qualify him as a socialist?

The policy of requiring contraception coverage for women is not meant to infringe upon religious freedom so much as it is focused on the rights of women.

Twitter has been exploding with the unsubstantiated gossip, but there is no indication that Kim Jong-un is dead.

In a large step for civil rights, California becomes the seventh state to legalize gay marriage officially and Prop 8 could go all the way up to the Supreme Court.

Media coverage of a recent study linking smoking to brain damage illustrates the problem with science journalism.

New species are frequently discovered on expeditions into the wilderness; but what advantages are there to having so many species – and is it normal for us to care?

Are a majority of millennials using our voice to vote for the next American Idol while leaving our presidential ballots blank?

Catholic college and universities would be doing a disservice to their students by failing to provide contraception in their health care plans to students.

Rick Santorum has the best experience to an effective president on day one, not Romney, Paul or Gingrich.

Rick Santorum swept all three races in Tuesday's multi-state GOP contest for momentum in the Republican presidential race.

We’d be better off overall if there were less government regulation in our lives.

Science does not lend itself to simplistic media reports. America needs a greater respect for the realities and limitations of the scientific process.

The recent emergence of libertarian ideology has further gridlocked U.S. politics and distracted our public discourse with bad ideas. Ron Paul and the Tea Party are to blame for this setback.

The pending $88 billion merger of Glencore and Xstrata has major ramifications for the world economy. It's time consumers and policymakers paid closer attention to the natural resource oligopoly.

Despite the U.S. government's obsession with demonizing Iran, there are other countries that pose a much greater threat to international peace.

Ten years ago, President George W. Bush named Iran, Iraq, and North Korea to his "Axis of Evil." What has become of the isolated regimes since?

With shrinking compensation pools, attrition and a negative public opinion of the financial industry; is going into finance the right career choice? That depends on what you want out of it.

Could choosing a Republican president in 2012 lead to U.S. foreign policy disaster?

IFC's new comedey show 'Portlandia' is an Indie breath of fresh air in a sea of cliche television.

The peace process may be stalled, but that doesn't mean everyday Israelis and Palestinians aren't trying to jump-start negotiations for a two-state solution. Flash mob-style, of course.

Montana's bold step in overturning the Supreme Court’s 2003 decision in Citizens United should inspire other states to follow the rebellious move to protect the integrity of the election process.

Do we really want our tax dollars to continue fortifying a military establishment that permits the killing of its own people when they dissent?