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'Now, the next 'stupid war” threatens ... because Washington has missed the opportunity again to provide important and necessary civilian assistance to those fighting the Islamic state forces.

We, the fifty-plus generation, don’t want to hear that sad 1963 song ever again: <br />'And when I got to America, I say it blew my mind.'

Snowden showed what America means by 'friendship' and 'partnership.'

Speaker of the House John Boehner intends to sue President Obama. The reason: Obama governs too often with executive orders. But previous presidents did the same — and much more often.

As far as foreign policy is concerned, the Obama years are likely to be recalled negatively. Whether it's the crisis in Ukraine, dealing with Russia or handling the Middle East problem, U.S. diplomacy gives the impression of incoherency.

The United States relied solely on its military might in ending conflicts for far too long a time. That now haunts them — in Iraq and other locales as well.

Not even two months after the tragedy of the botched lethal injection, the next executions in Oklahoma have taken place — despite President Obama's declaring a six-month moratorium. Revenge has no place in a nation of laws.

They're bucking the national trend: Same-sex marriage opponents in the United States are calling for a 'March for Marriage' on Thursday.

Opposition to the free trade agreement with the United States is growing. The main objection centers on the famous chlorine chicken. Meanwhile, it's the Germans that insist on low prices.

Shock for the Republicans: In a primary election, congressional majority leader Eric Cantor lost to his tea party challenger.

If establishment Republicans want to attract tea party voters, they will have to turn even further to the right, but that means rejection of immigration reform, with the loss of Latino votes as a consequence, without which they have no chance of winning the 2016 election.

U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl will find a strange country when he returns home: The mood there is poisonous and threatens to get even more so. Bergdahl is causing even greater discord concerning the last of the Guantanamo prisoners.