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Steven Dale Green is escorted to the courthouse on the third day of his trial in Paducah, Ky.

When a Soldier Murders: Steven Green Gets Life

The crime was heinous, but the accused had already been discharged from service in Iraq and had to be tried back home in the States. How the jury came down

Blogs

Real Clear Politics

The Country Is Evolving; Will the GOP?

New population estimates prove GOP leaders were on the right track when they identified minority voters as key to electoral success in the future.

Swampland

The Moral Minority: Democrats in Falwell Land

The news that Liberty University shut down the school's College Democrats club probably isn't as surprising as the news that Liberty University had a College Democrats club in the first place.

Gun Control

Gun Rights: The Next Constitutional Battlefield

The right to bear arms is ensconced in the Second Amendment but advocates feel they can shore up the access to guns with the Tenth. Prepare for war

Special Report

Top 10 Commencement Speeches

Forget the kerfuffles over President Obama's talks at Arizona State and Notre Dame. Commencement speeches are one of the great collegiate traditions — and the last lesson students get before entering the real word. Here are TIME's favorites

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Famously Unmarried

A gallery of couples who committed to a lack of legal commitment

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Republican Memorabilia

A gallery of items on display at the party's national headquarters

Photographs by Brooks Kraft / Corbis for TIME

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BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG, front man of the band Green Day, describing his reaction to Wal-Mart's asking the musicians to edit their latest CD for language and content. The store will not stock the unedited album