Obama denounced the "same old politics of division that we have seen so many times before"

Ask not what the U.S. can do for Tony Blair -- or for the sick and elderly.

Elites use language to distance themselves from the uneducated — and demagogues like Donald Trump

Rubio's debate performance Thursday was tailored for conservatives, but it likely won't translate into many votes

Only 38 percent of 12th graders classified as at or above the "proficient" level on the Nation's Report Card

How to fudge, obfuscate, and lie our way into a new universe

The Florida governor insists that he's his "own man." The American public appears to think otherwise

The racial double standard that Obama has faced is real, but so are the challenges African-Americans face daily

Will the conservatives who blasted a report warning of right-wing extremists apologize now? Don't count on it.

The former VP predicts a "mass casualty attack" worse than 9/11 -- and shamelessly defends torture

How George W. Bush and his circle used the 9/11 crisis to reshape politics and culture and to launch a religious war against the entire world. An exclusive excerpt from "Crusade: Chronicles of an Unjust War."

The vice president dispatches running mate Joe Lieberman to Sunday talk shows to counter the latest GOP charges.

The National Security Agency is monitoring telephone calls and e-mail messages without first obtaining warrants.

Apparently the worst moment of his presidency -- which included 9/11 -- was getting slighted by Kanye West?

The 41st President of the United States was discharged on Monday