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A major strategic effort by the U.S. government is needed to counter anti-Americanism in the Muslim world. To craft effective U.S. government responses to anti-Americanism, we need to considerthree factors relating to anti-Americanism abroad-root causes,lethality, and public policy tools. What we need from the secondBush Administration is action.

Also, the corporations are following what happened with medicare, that is something that medicare is the biggest insurer of americans across the board and so as medicare goes, so does the rest of the health care system and thats where we as legislators have the ability to influence prices over not just insulin. insulin is critically important but there are a lot of other medications that are as well. >> francesca, this month, as we mentioned earlier, it is womens history month. i want to ask you...

Theres a new pew study that found that women and u.s. have roughly earned 82% as much as men for the last 20 years. in other words, the gap has barely budged. in fact, the gap continues to increase with age. what do you think needs to change to reverse this trend or to close that gap? >> i mean, matriarchy, really. just like a takeover of women of every branch of government, thats what i think needs to happen. thats it. thats what we need. i am not joking. i want a meteoric to authoritarian gove...

To diversify the presidential primary process, the DNC earlier this month voted to no longer begin in largely white Iowa.

This year Progressive Christians will continue their efforts to bring justice to the oppressed, to help heal the sick, and to provide comfort to widows,

Liberal Jewish leaders need to stop claiming that relations with Diaspora Jewry are at risk.

From the blog of Steven Windmueller at The Times of Israel

New Hampshire public schools opened this school year with 1,845 fewer kids than they did last year – a 1.1% drop. But when it comes to the state’s enrollment trends, the change was hardly surprising. For 20 years, attendance in New Hampshire schools has steadily declined, with no signs of a turning point. The state […]

Welcome to part three of a look back at reader’s comments. As I pick what comments to use, my readers continue to amaze me with their insight and

Probation is a long-standing feature of the criminal justice system and is found in every state. Unfortunately, however, probation has not been as successful as its original proponents hoped that it would be: Approximately one-third of offenders placed on probation wind up in prison or abscond.