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The Supreme Court's sweeping rulings on guns and abortion sent an unmistakable message. Conservative justices hold the power and they are not afraid to use it to make transformative changes in the law, none more so than taking away a woman's right to abortion that had stood for near...
Record world oil prices have filled Venezuela's treasury and helped President Hugo Chavez and his "Bolivarian Revolution for the poor" win two elections in recent months. Now, freed from worries about domestic political opposition, Mr. Chavez is using his new wealth to extend his influence ...
Many forces will act powerfully upon the course of public education in the future. Trends engendered by new technologies, immigration, school choice, and alternative education methods carry with them the muscle to reshape the form, conte... R Sanborn,A Santos,Alexandra L. Montgomery,... - 《...
History suggests that party insiders play the biggest role in deciding primary elections. While his win was an upset, Barack Obama at this point in the 2008 campaign had already consolidated support from formidable group of Democratic lawmakers and power-brokers. But as Clinton’s leadership council...
There is a bitter irony in watching a political power continue to be financed by its declared enemy. Whether a united opposition can throw Orbán off the horse next year depends on a whole lot of factors. First, the opposition is not quite so united as it needs to be. The groundwork ne...
Air pollution is not merely a nuisance and a threat to health. It is a reminder that our most celebrated technological achievements-the automobile, the jet plane, the power plant, industry in general, and indeed the modern city itself-are, in the environment, failures. —Barry Commoner ...