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Ron Paul's Last StandAP

Ron Paul's Last Stand

In Nevada and other upcoming caucus states, Paul hopes his tireless minority can stage an upset. If they can't, he's probably finished.

At Nevada's Conspiracy Caucus, the Paul Army Wins AP

At Nevada's Conspiracy Caucus, the Paul Army Wins

As Sheldon Adelson listens from the front row, Ron Paul supporters flood his special evening caucus session in Las Vegas.

Romney's Big Win in Nevada: Does It Matter? Reuters

Romney's Big Win in Nevada: Does It Matter?

Mitt Romney won a commanding victory that will allow him to claim the party is uniting behind his candidacy.

What Breast Cancer Advocates Owe to the Abortion Rights Fight National Archives

What Breast Cancer Advocates Owe to the Abortion Rights Fight

The Komen foundation got served a reminder that all the women's health causes are a legacy of the feminist fights of the 1970s.

Could There Be a Viable Post-Ron-Paul Peace Candidate?

In his brand new book The End of War, John Horgan argues that war isn't inherent in human nature and can disappear if enough people want it…

The Atlantic Politics Quiz: Speaking Out Edition

The Atlantic Politics Quiz: Speaking Out Edition

Test your trivia chops on 5 challenging questions.

Photo of the Day: Obama Connects With Youth The White House

Photo of the Day: Obama Connects With Youth

Voters' approval of the president is one the rise, but he's never lost the support of babies and toddlers.

Chart of the Day: Understanding the Budget-Cut 'Trigger' Bipartisan Policy Center

Chart of the Day: Understanding the Budget-Cut 'Trigger'

An easy-to-understand visualization of sequestration, a hard-to-understand hot-button issue

A Real Commitment to Minority Rights Needs a Real Commitment to Freedom Reuters

A Real Commitment to Minority Rights Needs a Real Commitment to Freedom

Neither conservatives nor progressives care enough about what diversity truly means: tolerating values and preferences that differ from their own.

What Hateful Politics and Violence Have in Common

What Hateful Politics and Violence Have in Common

A reflection on the latest outrage of Erick Erickson, the conservative CNN commentator and editor of RedState

Corruption Watchdogs Have a Hot New Blogger: Jack Abramoff

Corruption Watchdogs Have a Hot New Blogger: Jack Abramoff

The Republic Report brings in DC's version of The Fantastic Mr. Fox to tell the world how the system really works.

Good Jobs News for America Is Bad News for Mitt Romney Reuters

Good Jobs News for America Is Bad News for Mitt Romney

A lower unemployment rate threatens the presumptive GOP nominee's plan to run against Obama's economic record.

Chris Christie and the Nation-State Project

Chris Christie and the Nation-State Project

I'm late on this, but given this blog's focus on history, I'd like to use Chris Christie's remarks to pursue a broader question:Christie last week…

World Is Getting Better, GBA Dept. Getty Images

World Is Getting Better, GBA Dept.

The President ends his Prayer Breakfast presentation with a variation on his otherwise standard concluding phrase

Trump Endorses, and Mitt Romney Grins and Bears It Reuters

Trump Endorses, and Mitt Romney Grins and Bears It

The Donald gets behind the front-runner in Las Vegas, but with no four-letter words or talk of birth certificates -- alas.

Meet the Man Behind Susan G. Komen's Decision to Stiff Planned Parenthood Getty Images

Meet the Man Behind Susan G. Komen's Decision to Stiff Planned Parenthood

Long-serving Florida Republican Cliff Stearns is suddenly in the spotlight for his investigations into Planned Parenthood and Solyndra.

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American manufacturing and the jobs crisis, Caitlin Flanagan on Joan Didion, and more

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