The Underreported Side of the Ebola Crisis
Amid the media accounts of the worst Ebola outbreak ever recorded some significant context is largely missing from the major media reporting. Atop this list are links of the outbreak to the climate...
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In Syria, Uncovering the Truth Behind a Number
Three days after video emerged of the execution of journalist James Foley, the top human rights official at the United Nations happened to provide a grim numerical context to his murder. Citing the...
View ArticleEnding Gender-Based Violence Around the World
In late May, two Indian girls who had gone outside to use the restroom were gang-raped and then hung from a tree. That same week, a pregnant Pakistani woman was attacked and brutally murdered by a...
View ArticleAn Expedient and Dishonest Trade-Off by the UN in Darfur
For years humanitarian organizations working in Darfur have been hampered by a range of restrictions imposed by the National Islamic Front/National Congress Party regime in Khartoum. One especially...
View ArticleThe Odds of Supreme Court Review of the Latest Obamacare Challenges Just Got...
Ever since three-judge panels on the Fourth Circuit and the D.C. Circuit issued conflicting rulings in July on the availability of tax credits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the opponents of the...
View ArticleNATO's Leaders Need a Reality Check on Afghanistan
It was no surprise that the many crises facing NATO would distract them from a real conversation about Afghanistan at their summit in Wales, though it should have focused their minds. Instead, NATO...
View ArticleAfrica's Present Vs Future
During the 2014 annual meetings of the African Development Bank in Kigali, Rwanda last May, the mood was both optimistic and pessimistic. On the one hand, the mood was upbeat and a sense of imminent...
View ArticleWhat Is at Stake in the Midterm Elections
With the 2014 midterm elections less than two months away, it is difficult to open up a political website or listen to kibitzers on radio or cable television without hearing the latest horserace...
View ArticleSunday Roundup
This week, we lost Joan Rivers, who died on Thursday, at 81-years-young (as Sarah Silverman tweeted: "She wasn't done."). Rivers was a true trailblazer. Known now for the red carpet, she began with the...
View ArticleTake the Time to Make the Right Decision
Barack Obama is facing one of the most difficult decisions of his presidency, one that will have profound consequences for not only this nation but for humankind as he sorts through options on how to...
View ArticleOn the Road To Term 4, Jerry Brown Dispenses With Kashkari and Rolls With...
After kicking off the fall campaign with his latest Labor Day weekend tour, Governor Jerry Brown ... wait. That didn't happen. I don't know what Jerry Brown did on Labor Day weekend, but it wasn't...
View ArticleFree Scotland, Free New England!
Until recently, few people took seriously the possibility that Scotland might actually secede from the United Kingdom. However, with a referendum scheduled for September 18, the latest polls show...
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Matalin-Reagan Debate Obama's Rope-a-Dope Strategy in ISIS Crisis
LISTEN HERE: By Mark Green "Is 'dither' the Republican word for 'think'?", asks Lawrence O'Donnell. So our duo discuss both sides: the-tan-man-has-no-plan-"yet" vs. he's a deliberate president trying...
View ArticleContrary to "Progressive Belief," Obama Has Not Departed From his Campaign...
There is disenchantment on the left with Barack Obama. Many progressives agree with sentiment recently expressed by Professor Cornell West, a professor at the Union Theological Seminary, who recently...
View ArticleBrands Make Lousy Lovers
What brand doesn't belong on this list? Amazon, Uber, Yelp, Hillary. It's a trick question. They all belong. In recent days, they've all been making it harder for their fans to love them. I loved...
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The Ukrainian Crisis' Overlooked Nuclear Dimension
It has surprised and worried me that almost none of the mainstream media's coverage of the Ukrainian crisis has mentioned the nuclear dimension to the risk. If the West feels (as it currently does)...
View ArticleThe Year Humans Become Self-Aware
Decades from now, historians and others will look back at 2015 as the year humans suddenly became self-aware of their planet. I say 2015 because we are not quite there yet -- we are still pre-aware....
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Government Wasn't the Problem
If the latest unemployment report tells us anything, it is that government isn't the problem that has caused the weak U.S. recovery, but a private sector that is focused solely on maximizing profits...
View ArticleExecutive Action Delay: A Gift to the GOP?
Just a few weeks ago, as House Republican leaders voted to return young Dreamers to the shadows, political pundits were writing obituaries for the GOP over their handling of immigration politics. A...
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Flip Side of the Minimum-Wage Debate
Something that Washington does not want you to know about and hopes that nobody else will discuss during the minimum-wage debate is take-home pay after taxes for low-wage earners. Washington claims...
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