Who among us, conscious enough 50 years ago to remember the day, can resist talking about the assassination of President Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963? It’s a good thing to talk it over again and

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The revelations coming to light now, thanks to Edward Snowden, about the extent of the U.S. National Security Agency’s spying on domestic and foreign populations, including the leaders of

It’s been heartening to see in recent days the polls showing the Tea Party and their Republican Party hosts dip to all-time record lows in approval ratings by the American public, following their

With great relevance to what’s going on with the Tea Party in Washington, D.C. right now, in March 2012, this column was devoted to a two-part series entitled, “When America Almost Went Fascist

Make no mistake, what’s going on in Washington, D.C. now involves a batch of right-wing elected officials who are refusing to accept the outcome of the 2012 presidential election, and are doing