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Princeton and Harvard educated Marine Captain DONOVAN CAMPBELL led a 40-man, marginally prepared platoon into the Iraqi city of Ramadi du ...

When Barak Obama outlined his proposal for reforming the health care system, the concept of a single-payer system was once again left out ...

In his new book, “Plain, Honest Men,” Penn history professor RICHARD BEEMAN takes readers behind the scenes of the Constituti ...

Three Somali pirates were killed in the rescue of an American cargo ship captain this week. We discuss the political situation in Somalia ...

Earth is percieved as a rocky planet, what are other planets like? Did you know Mars is cold and that outer planets are really gigant ...

YIYUN LI’s new novel, THE VAGRANTS, is set in a small fictional town in China in the late 1970’s when democratic reform movem ...

Should Philadelphia continue to offer tax breaks to encourage construction activity? The debate has become a major sore point for many re ...

In his new book, “The Addict,” physician MICHAEL STEIN recounts his year-long treatment of a young woman who is addicted to n ...

Senior Fellow on the Council on Foreign Relations CHARLES KUPCHAN will talk about what he thinks President Obama’s tour of internat ...

Do you treat your pet like a child? Is your neighbor’s dog named Jack or Chloe? Our guest, journalist MICHAEL SCHAFFER has found a ...

Last week, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled to permit gay marriage. On Wednesday the Vermont legislature voted to do the same. While these tw ...

This month marks the 70th anniversary of African-American contralto Marian Anderson’s concert at the Lincoln Memorial. After the Da ...