Why do Americans bother to be a superpower? What's in it for them?

Why aren't Republicans willing to fight for what they claim to believe?

Why some politicians might welcome a swine flu pandemic.

Tim Geither did not fool the Chinese. He seems to have fooled most Americans though.

Yelling STOP is not good enough.

East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet... minds.

Or rather, where is he?

Can you bribe all of the people all of the time?

Sooner or later you have to stand up to madmen - and as costly as that is, it only gets more costly the longer you wait.

Why do America's super-rich donate vast sums to Democrats who want to raise their taxes? It's not about money...