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The fight to keep Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs in San Francisco’s high schools is far from over, despite a last-minute push by veterans groups across the country. And who ultimately wins the battle could determine the future of the program in many cities throughout the U.S. Pentagon officials, …

What’s in a name? A lot more than history, apparently. Faculty at Brown University — the seventh-oldest and arguably the most progressive of America’s higher learning institutions — caved into pressure by students and teachers trying to right the perceived wrongs of history by voting earlier this month to rename …

Writing in The Wall Street Journal Thursday, Karl Rove points out that President Obama’s job approval rating among independents has dropped 9 points in a month to 52 percent. Also, the president has polarized Americans: 88 percent of Democrats approve, but only 27 percent of Republicans like the job he’s …