Since the fall of the Soviet Union Americans have had the luxury of living in a country with no foreign rival When we do look to see who could be a potential existential threat, the answer is almost always China

In 2011 taxes are due to go up by a considerable amount on middle and high income earners, small businesses and investors Republicans have long argued that raising taxes during these hard economic times will slow the recovery

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibit the free exercise thereof

Since September 11th the United States has made significant progress in the War on Terror Counterterrorism efforts have led to the death or capture of hundreds of Al Qaida members

The most recent economic numbers show the US

Parties are a fundamental defect of free governments but they do not at all times share the same character or the same instincts…when things go bad, there comes a rise of great parties –Alexis De Tocqueville Americans are well aware of the defects of political parties

The United States has a unique two-party system, which can give power to one party or the other entirely In other countries, there are numerous parties often requiring them to share power in a “ruling coalition”

Young Americans have repeatedly been told that the US

President Obama and President Medvedev of Russia signed a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (or New START) on April 8, 2010 President Obama celebrated it as a step forward towards a nuclear weapons-free world

For the last few decades, the Democratic Party has promoted itself as the party of young, idealistic, and energetic Americans wanting to change the world for the better Unfortunately, there is not a bit of truth to this image