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Here is a bet about the decade since Sept. 11: Historians are going to be mystified by it. READ MORE

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Is the Communist Party of China behind the Tea Party? Via the Xinhua news agency, the Chinese government told Americans... READ MORE

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At least since Julius Caesar came back from Gaul and made himself emperor, generals who overthrow the government have... READ MORE

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The surge in Afghanistan was supposed to change the incentives of the Taliban so that they would choose to join the... READ MORE

For all the excitement about the twilight of the dictators, only two -- Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Zine El Abidine Ben ... READ MORE