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In an appearance on Fox News today, conservative writer Jim Pinkerton and liberal radio host Alan Colmes clashed over the medias perceived ideological attachment to the Obama administration and coverage of the ongoing Internal Revenue Service (IRS) scandal.

July may be the month that voter suppression died. In the latest of a string of shocking judicial decisions, a federal appeals court Friday struck down North Carolina’s voting restrictions, some of the strictest in the nation. Today’s action comes after the normally conservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Texas’s Voter ID laws, and a federal district court placed an injunction

Feeling awe can make us more humble and tolerant toward political opponents, a new study suggests.

Awe is the feeling we get when we ponder the vastness and beauty of our universe. It’s something we might feel when gazing up at a scenic mountain range or experiencing the birth of our first child. Awe is an experience that can make us happier, more creative, and more generous, according

What kind of country is this when a Supreme Court justice dies (“Court’s Conservative Voice Dies: Justice Scalia, 79, Found Dead in Texas,” Feb. 14) and within hours the head of the Republican Party in the Senate says we’ll have to wait for a new president to replace him? Then the president says he will send a name for nomination to the Senate. Talk about polarization.