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From drop-outs to teachers, dId the president’s State of the Union school reform proposals make any sense?

A strong State of the Union address outlines plenty of important themes. But above all, it hits a prospective opponent where he is weakest.

Abramoff made a lot of powerful friends during his days peddling influence in DC, but he never took a shining to Newt.

Yes, it’s a speech about jobs, jobs, jobs. But let’s keep an eye on the rest of the world, too.

Hollywood didn’t do itself proud with the anti-piracy bills. But in their fervor to defeat them, the self-proclaimed defenders of Internet freedom got a lot of things wrong.

It's not Romney’s fault that he pays lower taxes than cops and teachers. It’s his fault that he wants to keep it that way.

The administration is close to presenting a deal with big banks on mortgage fraud—will it stick?

The Crescent Directive is a nicely packaged story, stratagem, and vision of "how PTA meetings, Thanksgiving dinners, and Little League baseball can save the image of Islam in America".

Weapons manufacturing in America is still going strong, even if the wisdom or morality of arms deals is rarely discussed.

When Bob Moses brought his Algebra Project to Baltimore in 1990, he could hardly have imagined the impact his mathematics curriculum would have on the city’s youth two decades later.

The Indiana governor is leading the fight to roll back protections for workers. Tonight he’ll be the face of the Republican party when he replies to Obama’s State of the Union.

Rick Santorum is bragging about being endorsed by Joseph Farah of World Net Daily. Is he endorsing Farah’s claims that President Obama wasn’t born in Hawaii? 

What do liberals think of the Republican race for the presidential nomination?

The pending deal could let the banks off the hook for mortgage fraud and undercut the president’s message of fairness.

If Mitt Romney wants to secure the Republican party's presidential nomination, he's going to have to tackle one basic problem: nobody likes him.

Widespread resistance to natural gas fracking is rising above New York's Marcellus Shale.

The Republican primary race reveals the fundamental unfairness of our economic and political system.

Students, many who believed the days of violent police actions were behind them, will continue to protest until officials get it right: students have the right to peacefully communicate their grievances without the fear of being brutally beaten, shot at or otherwise injured, harassed or bullied.