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The situation in Afghanistan will be an important topic during the NATO Summit in Chicago. It's time to evaluate the challenges and recognize the key factors that will bring lasting peace.
After Ron Paul's campaign captured an estimated 60% of Oklahoma's available delegates at the congressional level, Mitt Romney's campaign realized they may have a problem on their hands.
Generation Y or Millennials here are 10 facts about the group who is coming of age between multi-billionaire IPOs, endless wars and game-changing demographic shifts. Is this the way we are?
One thing is certain: it is a crowded race, and there is simply no room for outsiders without ties to New York (sorry @JonHuntsman, @HuntsmanAbby). Here are the must-know names at this stage.
To ensure the safety of seafaring vessels and to prevent escalation, the United States and China should sign an ‘Incidents at Sea Agreement.’
Alabama lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday revising the state’s controversial immigration law, known as the toughest in the nation. Critics say the changes make the law even harsher.
With a little bit of research, every voter can easily become educated about the real issues for candidates. Take a few minutes and see why Ron Paul and Ronald Reagan are so much alike.
With its IPO, Facebook is looking for new revenue streams and in particular for ways to directly monetize its users.
Warren Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway, purchased 63 papers, but the transaction won't save newspapers from experiencing financial blight because the journalism business model is flawed.
NATO's summit in Chicago is a major gathering for global defense and security policy. Expect important announcements on Afghanistan, a soft touch on European defense spending and more cyber news.
Romney loses Nevada, so he just creates a new state GOP to win it back.
To strengthen the nuclear nonproliferation regime, the United States should ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
The United States can empower youths, temper radicalism and further its own interests throughout the greater Middle East by promoting rap music as an outlet for social discontent.
Mitt Romney is an excellent position in the polls; especially considering it's only May. The Obama campaign should be worried
Why exploiting fears of white conservatives is necessary to bring down Barack Hussein Obama and save America and its values.
A conservative blog claims to have evidence in the form of a promotional booklet that said President Obama was born in Kenya. And the massive LOLz Birther movement is born again.
TED has withheld venture capitalist Nick Hanaeur's talk that asserts the wealthy do not create jobs. Hanauer is correct; TED should air his talk, but it still doesn't mean we should raise taxes.
The same Americans who want smaller government increasingly depend upon governmental assistance. These people will be deciding our political destiny -- and it doesn't look pretty.
The best kept secret in America is that the country is filled with vast amounts of energy resources.
We're not leaving Afghanistan any time soon. But building a modern state could restore Afghan women's rights, and that's worth our tax dollars.
Ron Paul has released a statement outlining his delegate strategy and announcing that he would not spend money for future primary. Most media outlets misunderstood this as him dropping out.
From Cory Booker and Chris Christie's new video to Sacha Baron Cohen's release of 'The Dictator,' here's everything you should read on Wednesday.
It's no ones finest hour, but many of us have unfortunately been there. The sun is rising, the birds are chirping, and you're in a random hook up's room. Now, how do you get home?
A crowded field is vying for the open Senate seat on Democrat Ben Nelson, who recently announced his retirement.
Congress once again may decide to pick winners and losers in a vote next week, which would effectively destroy innovation and competition in the free market for space exploration.
The global energy mix is changing, as new countries begin to export oil and natural gas. It is a move that will have profound effects, not only on the energy markets, but on geopolitics as well.
Though overshadowed by the scandal involving members of the Secret Service, last weekend's Summit of the Americas highlighted a growing divide between the United States and Latin America.
A former oil company executive argues that it is possible for the United States to end its addiction to crude oil from the Persian Gulf and lays out a realistic plan of action.
While the mass street protests again Putin may have faded, the election of two mayors and the formation of a new political party show the trend away from Putinism is continuing.
The African Union has announced it will send 5,000 troops to track down fugitive warlord Joseph Kony, but will this be at the cost of the AU's peacekeeping mission in Somalia?
Newt Gingrich called a link to one of America's largest energy hubs a "pipeline to nowhere," showing again how campaign 2012 is coming up short when it comes to energy policy.
By stepping aside, the United States will allow Afghanistan's neighbors to fully invest in the country, giving Afghanistan its best hope for future development.
Could a feminist punk band become the face of Russia's anti-Putin movement?
The Medvedev presidency held such promise at its beginning, but few of his promises panned out. There's still an opportunity for him to shake up the status quo before Putin takes power.
Despite the protest movement in Russia, Vladimir Putin will be again elected as president this Sunday. But, this new era of Putinism will resemble the stagnation of the 1970s under Brezhnev.
Newt Gingrich is promising that if elected president, he'll lower gasoline prices to $2.50, or maybe even $2.00, which means that Newt is either lying or knows nothing about market economics.
The GOP is quick to blame President Obama for sacrificing America's superpower status. But, the U.S. decline would be occurring if John McCain or Ralph Nader were in the White House.
Chinese investors are interested in building cities and "economic zones" in Michigan and Idaho, and have already purchased land in an unusual pattern of development.
Ed Hancox You're right that all of these ethnic groups had, some still have, enclaves in various cities. But each truly started to assimilate into broader American culture when they began to step away from their ethnic enclaves. On your second point, s...