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Obama has said that we have "limited goals" in Afghanistan. He hasn't defined the term precisely, but it's clear that he suffers from no illusions that a Western-style democracy is...

I never understand poll results like this: "[L]ess than a third of voters" in three swing states said the Ayers and ACORN issues "would affect their votes." This is interpreted...

How do you justify a border fence? Why is it OK to consign millions of unskilled Mexicans to lives of desperate poverty? I'm told it's because Americans should care more...

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced that he's leaving the Republican Party. Coming in the wake of a Time cover story that depicted him and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger...