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ron paul 2012 Elections

Why young voters love Ron

It's not because they're potheads. It's because they're sick of America's militaristic misadventures

David Sirota 289
Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney in 1994. War Room

The first time Mitt was scared of Newt

His bit part in Romney's first campaign was a sign of the polarizing national figure Gingrich was about to become

Steve Kornacki 0
Cuba Guantanamo Guantanamo

Is Guantanamo forever?

The Senate contemplates a bipartisan bill to make permanent the failed system of indefinite detention

Andrea Prasow 14
kaplan wapo Washington Post

A Post blogger's defense of for-profit schools

The Kaplan Company's newspaper arm says Kaplan schools aren't as horrible as everyone says

Alex Pareene 9
Pope John Paul II and Barney Frank War Room

How the pope made Barney Frank a star

The liberal icon is ending a national political career that wouldn't have been possible without an unlikely assist

Steve Kornacki 7
Occupy Philly Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Philly’s noble failure

On the brink of eviction, a movement prepares to move on

Isaiah Thompson 5

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