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Court Throws Out Genocide Ruling Against Former Guatemala Dictator

What was hailed as a landmark ruling in Guatemala has been thrown out, as the country’s high court ordered a former dictator’s case on charges of genocide return to a lower court. Gen. Efraín Ríos...

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Rick Santorum Explains Why Ronald Reagan Would Be ‘Appalled’ By Today’s GOP

Rick Santorum appeared to make the case for greater government involvement during a speech at the Faith & Freedom Coalition on Friday, adopting a populist message at odds with Republican rhetoric....

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The ‘Primary Source’ Of NSA’s Spying Power Is A 33-Year-Old Executive Order...

Newly released documents prove the U.S. National Security Agency’s spying power overseas primarily comes from a 33-year-old executive order signed by then President Ronald Reagan. The American Civil...

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How To Break The Cycle Of Imprisonment For Mentally Ill Americans

In the decades since the Reagan administration shuttered community mental health clinics and the national mentally ill inmate population soared, the prevailing school of thought among mental health...

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You Will Not Believe How Reagan Talked About Immigration During The 1980 GOP...

The first Republican presidential primary debates will be broadcast on Fox News Thursday, and immigration reform is expected to be a key topic of debate. Though the current candidates don’t have a...

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Conservatives Reject Common Core Standards, An Idea First Championed By...

The Common Core standards have earned much hatred on the right, but the idea of national educational standards actually has its origins in the conservative Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush...

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Republican Politicians Are Betraying Their Party’s Legacy Of Conservation

“You’re worried about what man has done and is doing to this magical planet that God gave us, and I share your concern. What is a conservative after all, but one who conserves?” — President Ronald...

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The Disastrous Legacy Of Nancy Reagan’s ‘Just Say No’ Campaign

In what is perhaps Nancy Reagan’s most well-known cultural contribution, the First Lady stared gravely into the camera and told the American people to “Just Say No.” “Our job is never easy because drug...

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Hillary Clinton Issues Expansive Apology After Praising Nancy Reagan’s AIDS...

On Friday, Hillary Clinton said something that was patently untrue. Speaking with MSNBC from Nancy Reagan’s funeral, she praised the Reagans for their “low-key advocacy” about HIV/AIDS back in the...

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Hillary Clinton Embraced Reaganism Last Night, Then She Stuck A Knife In It

There were several times during this week’s Democratic National Convention when delegates could be excused if they thought they’d stumbled into the wrong party’s meeting. For President Obama, one of...

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