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This piece of occasional commentary on the 2008 campaign focuses on the race for the Democratic Party's nomination for President. At this time, polling shows Senator Hillary Clinton with a narrowing lead. The narrowing lead reasonably reflects that she is the favorite but that the potential exists for someone else to win the nomination.My assessment

A new study shows there is a $300 billion gap between what taxpayers owe and what they pay

A geographer from the University of Georgia, Matthew Mitchelson, has come up with an interesting statistic, as reported on CNN: there are at least 777 streets in the U.S. named for slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King. Naming a street in someone's honor is a superlative example of respect and admiration-in

Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Tuesday urged Congress to adopt a sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration laws