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The popular view was always that FDR's ill-advised 1937 court-packing scheme nonetheless nudged the Supreme Court justices to alter their thinking on the New Deal, but change may already have been happening.

A military strategist believes major reforms are needed at the United Nations.

Does corporate giving help companies' bottom line? The real benefits remain elusive, as does the future of business charity.

The roots of the problems in America's corporate world may lie in their ownership structure, very different from the norm in the rest of the world.

Why is corruption so pervasive around the globe?

Why the smiley face should be America's national symbol.

Los Angeles has a long and sordid history of murder, a pattern that will likely be difficult to break.

Could a shift to the smaller format be the salvation for today's troubled American newspapers--or newsprint's last gasp?

The next 30 years may represent a watershed in human affairs.

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