The majority of our readers argued for an increase in spending across a number of categories, including Medicare and health (71 percent of readers).

The world can ill afford to have the United States abdicate its global position, either by choice or through carelessness.

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Whether or not impeachment is warranted, it will not be enough to redeem this strange episode in the life of the United States.

The controversial move earlier this month was also another indicator of the sharp contrast between conservative Christians and the rest of the American religious scene