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Hillary, I’m trying to help. Give me something to work with.

For a while, it seemed to be a shoo-in for Hillary as the Donald kept putting one foot after the other in his mouth,

I stopped by the brand new Hillary Clinton campaign HQ in St. Louis yesterday. It’s a small-ish storefront on a busy street in the

I’ll admit, most terrorism/spy/war/national defense movies of the past decade anger me for a dozen or so different reasons, not the least of which

Aetna has just announced that it will be pulling out of the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchanges in 11 of the 15 states where

You know how the NRA types are always telling us that the antidote to a bad guy with a gun is a good guy?

The candidacy of Donald Trump poses a real question about the mental health of a political figure and who can try to analyze it.

Throughout the coming weeks of sport and competition, keep in mind the cost Rio and Brazil are bearing to host us. More than 77,000 citizens

Prison reform and prison labor are topics we’ve written about before on the Occasional Planet. American prisons are making tons of money hiring out

The criminal justice system is, by the admission of many liberal politicians, in desperate need of change. Prisons are overcrowded as a result of

There’s a new independent candidate for President in 2016, but can he get on the ballot in time to make a difference?. Evan McMullin