The End of the American Era
THE UNITED States has been the dominant world power since 1945, and U.S. leaders have long sought to preserve that privileged position.
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Obama Should Test Iran’s Nuclear Offer
President Obama should take a page from Ronald Reagan’s playbook in winning the final inning of the Cold War.
The Black Cabinet: Economic Civil Rights in the Nixon Administration
Has the South, once the "Solid South" of the Democratic Party, truly become an unassailable Republican stronghold? If so, when, where, why, and how did this seismic change occur?
Is America Becoming a House Divided Against Itself?
When trouble strikes in our personal lives and we are searching for a source, it usually makes sense to take a look in a familiar place -- the mirror.
Mr. President, We Need a 10-Year Plan
We need not a one-year but a 10-year commitment to rebuilding the country. President Obama’s jobs speech focused where it needed to—but it is only a start. America is underperforming.
The Costs of America’s Choices
America's last 10 years might be called “The Decade the Locusts Ate." A nation that started with a credible claim to lead a second American century lost its way after the terrorist attacks of Sept.
The Biggest Danger Is Overreacting
I remember the sense of shock and worry and concern among our students after the second tower was hit, and it was clear it wasn’t an accident.
Still Vulnerable in 2011
Terror attacks on innocent people have continued around the world since 11 September 2001, but not on the scale of the 2001 attack on the United States, which claimed more than 2500 lives.
Is the ‘Governor Effect’ Real?
Rick Perry of Texas is the latest in a long-line of governors who tout their states’ performance as evidence of their ability to supercharge the national economy.
AmeriCorps, Today's Depression-era CCC
Soon after taking office, Franklin Roosevelt boldly proposed the Civilian Conservation Corps as a way to create jobs and hope during the Great Depression.
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