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Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, founder and leader of the Georgian Dream party, greets demonstrators during a rally in support of "Russian law."

Under Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgian Dream slowly consumes itself

Ani Chkhikvadze · November 6, 2026 2:14 pm

FILE - The U. S. Department of Commerce building is seen in Washington, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

The race for federal zones starts in the statehouses

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Israeli elections prove Netanyahu’s political prowess

The seal is seen at the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington.

The VA already solved part of rural America’s health crisis

Photo shows the headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington. The Trump administration has settled lawsuits with dozens of tea party groups who said they received extra, often burdensome scrutiny when applying for tax-exempt status. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

The election is over. The clock is ticking to protect taxpayers from a politicized IRS

In last Monday's New York Times, economist/columnist Paul Krugman called Hillary Clinton "arguably the best-prepared candidate on matters economic ever to run for president." (Screen shot)

A history lesson on the presidency for Paul Krugman

John Bicknell May 3, 2016 4:04 am

The obvious way to do that is to add unisex/family bathroom options. Adding gender-neutral bathroom facilities will not, of course, satisfy everyone. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Take the third door in the ‘bathroom wars’

James Standish May 3, 2016 4:03 am

Insurers still have ways of imposing undue costs and burdens on customers — particularly those suffering from chronic and serious health conditions. (iStock photo)

It’s time to end all types of healthcare discrimination

Carl Schmid May 2, 2016 4:03 am

On the surface it all looks to be about expanding the frontiers of freedom. But it's not. (Chuck Liddy/The News & Observer via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

What the ‘bathroom wars’ tell us about our culture

Kim Holmes May 2, 2016 4:02 am

That Trump might reach that magic number of bound delegates is not impossible, but he is likely to be close, and to claim that he has enough unbound delegates to put him over the top. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

What a contested convention would look like

Trevor Potter May 1, 2016 4:02 am

The U.N. estimates that there are 27 to 30 million men, women and children enslaved today, more than at any time in human history. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

Ending the abomination of modern slavery

Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie April 30, 2016 4:02 am

LGBT and abortion backers won't admit the conscience laws they oppose are themselves nondiscrimination laws. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

The Left was for nondiscrimination laws before it was against them

Matt Bowman April 29, 2016 4:03 am

Tubman was a gun-toting black female Republican replacing the recognized founder of the Democratic Party. (H.B. Lindsley/Library of Congress via AP)

The real significance of Harriett Tubman’s image on the $20 bill

allen-west April 29, 2016 4:03 am

Johnson & Johnson, the 800-pound gorilla of the contact lens industry, is one of the crony capitalist entities trying to peel back even the modest market-minded reforms enacted by the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Contact cronies

Eric Peters April 29, 2016 4:01 am

Vice President Al Gore is among the supporters of Attorney General Claude Earl Walker's attack on CEI. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Environmentalists’ attack on free speech

Eli Lehrer April 28, 2016 4:03 am

During WWII, Franklin Roosevelt and King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia agreed that the U.S. would provide security for the monarchy in exchange for oil. It is time to re-evaluate that relationship. (AP Photo)

The U.S. should quit coddling Saudi Arabia

Ivan Eland April 28, 2016 4:03 am

The final word on who lives and who dies in Iran belongs to the Revolutionary Courts that execute the will of the supreme leader. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Scientist dying in prison for refusing to help Iran develop nuclear weapons

Eugene Chudnovsky April 27, 2016 4:03 am