Watching the World Destroy Itself
The video opens with a few bars of adrenalin-pumping music. We see a topsy-turvy camera angle, sky, trees, darkness, then a staccato pop pop pop that blends rhythmically with the music, but of course...
View ArticleThe Faux Faith of Congress
Members of Congress regularly boost their reelection prospects in positive ways like voting in line with the will of their district and participating in the passage of landmark legislation. But we know...
View ArticleLearners at the Center of a Networked World
Technology is an essential element of our everyday lives. It empowers individuals with more information, more options and more customized experiences, at home and everywhere else. Technology has...
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Friday Talking Points -- Courtin' Season
'Tis the season when the political press all goes a-courtin'. So to speak. The end of June is an important time on the political calendar, but it is one which most Americans don't really think about...
View ArticleIf Hobby Lobby Wins, Pro-life Christians Lose
We now know with certainty that the Supreme Court will announce its Hobby Lobby decision on Monday. This weekend, the craft and home décor store, along with numerous evangelical institutions that have...
View ArticleThe U.S. Can't Afford to Continue the Death Penalty
I am not strongly against the death penalty on principle or on moral grounds -- assuming, of course, that it could somehow be narrowly and efficiently restricted to a very few egregiously deserving and...
View ArticleDaniel St. Hubert and Why the Criminal-Justice System Needs More...
On May 23, 2014, the New York Department of Corrections released 27-year-old Daniel St. Hubert, a paranoid schizophrenic who had served five years in prison for the attempted murder of his mother....
View ArticleSex and the Constitution: Why Lawyers Aren't Asking the Right Questions
Watching some of the recent and unfortunate internecine battling about HBO's Prop 8 documentary, (shame on you, Andrew Sullivan) I can't help thinking how unsophisticated the legal arguments around it...
View ArticleMaking Up History to Make Your Case
After long-simmering sectarian tensions exploded in Iraq a few weeks back, critics from the right and left have had a field day taking their shots at the Obama Administration's Iraq policy, or lack...
View ArticleFragile States/Fragile Families
What do Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia and South Sudan all have in common? Plenty. In Washington DC, a city consumed by headline stories, Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for Peace this past...
View ArticleMissing the Full Picture of Voters Attitudes on Public Education
Co-authored by Jonathan Voss, Senior Analyst at Lake Research Partners. In the wake of the Vergara versus California trial, this week the PACE/USC Rossier School of Education released a poll which...
View ArticleIs This What Terror War Success Looks Like?
What does success against jihadist terrorist groups look like? For all the talk of a Forever War, we might just have an answer now. With activity in the decades-long Islamic jihadist insurgency in the...
View ArticleConservative Rage at Soccer and World Cup Is Nothing New
Many Americans were incredulous to hear Fox News' resident expert on psychiatry -- and on conspiracy theory -- Dr. Keith Ablow claim that President Obama is using the World Cup to distract Americans at...
View ArticleSunday Roundup
This was a week of winning, losing, and sometimes winning by losing. On Wednesday, the Obama administration finally won the wide-ranging consensus it's always wanted by losing to a unanimous Supreme...
View ArticleThe Tea Party Took Its Name Based On an Act of Deception
In the past few primary elections the Tea Party has won some and lost some. Lately it's been more "lost some" than "won some." Several months ago I wrote that the Tea Party was founded on an act of...
View Article4 Must-Know Facts About Clinton Wealth
Recent attacks from the right wing on the success of Bill and Hillary Clinton since leaving the White House are absurd. If Republicans are looking for someone who is out of touch and does not reflect...
View ArticleFood Security Is National Security
In order to set effective food and nutrition priorities, as well as strengthen access to nutritious foods and sustainable agriculture, America must view food security as integral to its national...
View ArticleWill the Supreme Court Give Corporations the Right to Impose Religious...
The Supreme Court often saves its blockbuster cases for the very last day of its term, which ends this year on June 30. On this final day of the term, the Court will be handing down a decision with...
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Conservatives Take Offensive Against IRS, RINOs, Executive Orders. Is ISSA...
LISTEN HERE: By Mark Green Insurgents this week are pushing for regime change... in the U.S. Lowry and Alter clash whether the IRS is a true scandal or not a "smidgeon" of one. Is Lois Lerner really...
View ArticleAccess to Birth Control Is About Much More Than Controlling Birth
Every month, I refill my prescription for birth control pills and every day at the same time (well, mostly the same time), I swallow one of the little pills with a sip of water. But the reason I...
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