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It’s not too early to start thinking about 2016. Here are the big names for that election, on the Democratic side.

An education policy that focuses on blaming bad teachers is bound to fail. By focusing our efforts on the Blame Bad Teachers game, we are missing an opportunity for real reform.

With the Iraq war officially ‘over,’ will the U.S. military turn its sights on Iran and/or Syria?

Holder testified in Congress answering questions about Operation Fast and Furious. If, as suspected, he lied about his involvement, he should step down.

As a solution to illegal immigration, self-deportation creates more problems than it solves.

In honor of the 2012 Super Bowl, here are 12 of the biggest Big Game ads, and why they were such gamechangers (or, in some cases, why they were so cool).

The poor and middle class have benefited more from tax cuts over the past 30 years than their wealthy counterparts.

What does "immigration reform" mean to you? Do you have faith that policymakers can achieve it?

Fossil fuel subsidies are yet another example of how government tends to do more harm than good when it intervenes in the economy.

Here are five television news outlets that delve into the issues that most programs are unwilling to cover.

Despite fears of catastrophe, we cannot turn our backs on nuclear energy, which offers a compelling solution and a credible way to manage the coming energy crisis.

Ron Paul’s anti-defense spending agenda is not his fatal flaw; but his anti-foreign aid stance is.

Soda taxes which amount to one or two cents per beverage disparately impact the poorest individuals in society and impose on our personal liberty.

The U.S. needs to increase its efforts to end the Mexican Drug Wars by rethinking its policies on drug legalization and regulation.

The U.S. cannot drill its way out of the economic and security impacts of price and supply shocks. The Obama administration has got it right: The answer is to adopt alternative fuels.

Harvard Middle East expert and war correspondent Chris Hedges is suing President Obama in the name of constitutional rights, but his chances of success are slim.

President Obama has been too passive on Iran and even Mitt Romney isn't taking the Iranian threat seriously enough. It's time for a preemptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Greece appears on course to default soon, a portrait of what could happen to other countries with significant debt management issues.

Occupy Congress gives the protesters a clearly defined target and purpose.

A military strike on Iran is nonsensical. The mission cannot be a guaranteed success, it is playing with fire in terms of the global economy, and it risks backlash against the U.S.