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It is an astonishing fact that the total volume of student loan debt in America is greater than the totality of mortgage debt. This fact surfaced in the context of the recent Congressional debate,

As Princeton University professor Jonathan Israel documents with enormous detail in his latest tome, Democratic Enlightenment: Philosophy, Revolution and Human Rights, 1750-1790 (Oxford University

Every once in awhile, there’s something someone says on one of the Sunday morning blab shows that makes you sit up and take notice, to make a mental note that you must print out the

Following a tour with Elie Wiesel of the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Monday, President Obama called the experience “searing,” as it was for him earlier when he visited with

The biggest news at the annual banquet of Equality Virginia in the Virginia state capital of Richmond last Saturday was the rousing, cheering ovation given by the 1,000-plus attendees for former

As memorable Easters go, it was the tops in my life so far, and I’ve had more than a few, both of the sacred and bunny-centric variety. It was a church service, and I wasn’t even a member. This

President Obama’s forceful speech and Q & A at the Associated Press luncheon Tuesday included a sorely-needed critique of the major news media that has been conveniently omitted from all

The attempted fascist coup against President Franklin D. Roosevelt following his inauguration in 1933, as documented in Sally Denton’s new book, “The Plots Against the President: FDR, a

Author Sally Denton has a new book out this year entitled, The Plots Against the President: FDR, a Nation in Crisis, and the Rise of the American Right (Bloomsbury Press). It tells the true story

The familiar line goes, “I am from the IRS and I am here to help you!” There is no way to hear something like that without having your stomach sink halfway through the sentence. Yet