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As it becomes increasingly less clear what exactly the president is willing to sign in a bipartisan bill to address the plight of the...

If you want to understand where America is now on LGBT issues, look to Walmart, which has now become a leading voice against discrimination...

The French National Assembly voted to recognize a Palestinian state on Tuesday. The move comes after similar votes in Britain and Spain, according to...

"It apparently hasn’t occurred to these outraged moral arbiters that the projection of sex scandals onto a couple campaigning as beloved national grandparents will strike many as ludicrous."

Prominent New York Times columnist Frank Rich this Sunday wrote about Americans' fickle interest in international news. As political and social events unfold everywhere but here, we don't recognize the players and we know almost nothing beyond what we can see happening before our eyes. The protesters are on the bridge! The protesters are still on the bridge! Rich laments the near-blackout of cable news station Al Jazeera English due to U.S. Islamophobia. He's right about all that and right to be mad as hell about it, too. Then he starts talking about the internet.

One of the slogans that has dominated the year in politics comes from the Tea Parties and has crossed over to the GOP. "Take...