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More powerful than a locomotive...but how about a head of state?

Superman no longer identifies as American

Drew Grant
When the man of steel renounces his U.S. citizenship, what does that say about our country?
President Barack Obama meets with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (Associated Press)

Is the world too big to fail?

Noam Chomsky
As its global dominance wanes, America battles democracy, both at home and abroad

Dictator chic

David Sirota
When it comes to figuring out which strongmen the U.S. supports, is clothing the best predictor of all?
** FILE ** In this Jan. 13, 2009 file photo, talk show host Rush Limbaugh talks with guests in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Published and broadcast reports say radio personality Rush Limbaugh and St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts are joining together in a bid to purchase the St. Louis Rams. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File) (Ron Edmonds)

When Rush bet $2 million that Clinton would ruin the economy

Steve Kornacki
"Not one tax increase has ever, ever reduced the deficit"
FILE - On this April 6, 2011, file photo, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaks at an Americans for Prosperity "Cut Spending Now," rally on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama has launched his re-election bid in a low-key manner, but the Republican Party’s search for a challenger seems stranger by the day. In Iowa at least, there’s also widespread talk about Bachmann, who would be the first president elected directly from the House since James Garfield. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (AP)

Sleepwalking into the imperial dark

Tom Engelhardt
America today: What it feels like when a superpower runs off the tracks
FILE - In this April 14, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks to media in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Campaigning to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, President Barack Obama joins the last-minute throng to file returns. A year ago, the president and his wife earned $5.5 million, mostly from book sales, paying about one-third of it in federal taxes while employing the Bush-era tax cuts Obama is trying to end. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) (AP)

Obama’s bane: High gas prices

Andrew Leonard
Compared to two years ago, the U.S. economy is much healthier -- unless you happen to be filling up your tank
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2011 Pulitzer winners in journalism and arts

The Associated Press
The New York Times and Los Angeles Times each snag two prizes; Jennifer Egan wins for fiction

The planet strikes back

Michael Klare
Why we underestimate the earth and overestimate ourselves
In this March 25, 2010 photo, Muhammad Jibriel, speaks to reporters at his trial in district court in Jakarta, Indonesia on charges of helping fund last year's twin suicide bombings at luxury hotels in Jakarta. Transcripts of Internet chat sessions allegedly recovered from a computer used by Jibriel reveal Indonesian militant links with al-Qaida operatives in Pakistan's tribal regions that appear deeper than generally assumed. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) (Tatan Syuflana)

Right-winger + hard time = compassion?

Justin Elliott
Some of the most eloquent advocates for prison reform are conservatives who find themselves behind bars

The loaded ethics of DNA hacking

Marcus Wohlsen
A growing number of amateur scientists are tinkering with genetics in their homes. Is this a recipe for disaster?
Libyan rebels load ammunition on the frontline outside of Bin Jawaad, 150 km east of Sirte, central Libya, Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Libyan government tanks and rockets blunted a rebel assault on Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte on Tuesday and drove back the ragtag army of irregulars, even as world leaders prepared to debate the country future in London. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Grim reality of Libya war starts to set in

Justin Elliott
New discussions about arming the rebels may signal desperation on the part of the U.S. and its allies
A Libyan rebel urges people to leave, as shelling from Gadhafi's forces starts landing on the frontline outside of Bin Jawaad, 150 km east of Sirte, central Libya, Tuesday, March 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP)

Libyan rebels pushed back from Gadhafi hometown

Ryan Lucas
Opposition overwhelmed by government firepower in strategically important city of Sirte.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 13, 2011. Israel said Sunday it has approved hundreds of settler homes after five members of an Israeli family, including three children, were knifed to death as they slept in a West Bank settlement over the weekend. (AP Photo/Ronen Zvulun, Pool) (AP)

Israeli leader vows aggressive response to attacks

Associated Press
Prime Minister Netanyahu condemns bombing that killed one and injured dozens more in Jerusalem this morning
(Manuel Balce Ceneta)

McCain was for Gadhafi before he was against him

Justin Elliott
WikiLeaks shows John McCain was strikingly friendly to the Libyan regime on a trip to Tripoli in 2009

Russian tea biscuits, to make your own traditions

Vivian Henoch
Some classic recipes come from grandmas. But if you don't remember your grandma, you have to start making due
President Barack Obama makes a statement about Japan following last week's earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent nuclear concerns, Thursday, March 17, 2011, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo) (AP)

The Libyan war: Unconstitutional and illegitimate

Michael Lind
The Anglo-French-American attack in North Africa is opposed by countries representing 40 percent of the human race
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks with the media after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters on Thursday, March 10, 2011. NATO says it has started round-the-clock surveillance of the air space over Libya, where government jets have been pounding rebel positions in an effort to defeat an uprising. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) (AP)

Gates: U.S. expects to hand off Libya lead in “days”

Lolita C. Baldor
Military mission likely to be headed by French and British or NATO
In this photograph made available by the Ministry of Defence, the Royal Air Force VC10 and Tristar air-to-air refuelling aircraft, from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, England, which supported overnight operations against targets in Libya, Saturday, March 19, 2011. They accompanied RAF Tornado GR4 fast jets from RAF Marham that struck Libyans air defences, in the longest strike mission since the Black Buck operations during the Falklands conflict. British Prime Minister Cameron said that launching a military action against Libya is "necessary, legal and right." Speaking after chairing an emergency meeting with senior government officials in his office in Downing Street, the leader said his thoughts are with British service personnel who are risking their lives to save others. (AP Photo/SAC Neil Chapman, MOD) EDITORIAL USE ONLY (AP)

Europe, not US, pushed for military force in Libya

Angela Charlton
England rallies support, France fires the first blow, in big change from past
In this photograph made available by the Ministry of Defence, the Royal Air Force VC10 and Tristar air-to-air refuelling aircraft, from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, England, which supported overnight operations against targets in Libya, Saturday, March 19, 2011. They accompanied RAF Tornado GR4 fast jets from RAF Marham that struck Libyans air defences, in the longest strike mission since the Black Buck operations during the Falklands conflict. British Prime Minister Cameron said that launching a military action against Libya is "necessary, legal and right." Speaking after chairing an emergency meeting with senior government officials in his office in Downing Street, the leader said his thoughts are with British service personnel who are risking their lives to save others. (AP Photo/SAC Neil Chapman, MOD) EDITORIAL USE ONLY (AP)

Libya: Endgame unclear after successful first days

Robert Burns
U.S. officials call initial bombings a success, but says its too early to define the campaign's ultimate objectives
This photo provided by the French Army shows French Mirage 2000 jet fighter taking off for Libya at the military base of Dijon, central France, Saturday, March 19, 2011. Top officials from the United States, Europe and the Arab world have launched immediate military action to protect civilians as Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces attacked the heart of the country's rebel uprising. The Mirages 2000 are operating in Libya. (AP Photo/ Anthony Jeuland; SIRPA AIR) NO SALES (AP)

U.S. launches next phase of Libya intervention

Lolita C. Baldor
Military pummels Gadhafi forces with stealth bombers, precision-guided bombs
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen take part in a news conference at the Pentagon, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP)

Mullen: Chance Gadhafi could cling to power

Lolita C. Baldor
Top U.S. military officer says U.S. could conceivably complete objectives without ousting Gadhafi
Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher.

Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher dies

Barry Schweid
Christopher, head of State Department during Clinton's first term, succumbed to cancer Friday night
A woman searches for her missing husband through the earthquake and tsunami-hit town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, Friday, March 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama) (AP)

Japan officials report radioactive iodine in Tokyo water

Associated Press
Japan's government reports trace amounts of radioactive element in water and produce at areas near imperiled plant
Bishop Aldo Giodano, permanent observer for the Vatican at the Council of Europe, answers questions of journalists at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, eastern France, Friday March 18, 2011. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that crucifixes are acceptable in public school classrooms. The ruling will be binding on all 47 countries that are members of the Council of Europe, the continent's human rights watchdog. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz) (AP)

Vatican praises EU decision on crucifixes in class

Victor L. Simpson
The Vatican welcomed the high court's decision as it campaigns to remind Europe of its Catholic roots
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