Facebook vs. the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court reconvened this month for a new term with the list of pending cases it will be tackling. On the list is a free speech case to determine what constitutes a threat on Facebook. Yes,...
View ArticlePosner's Dissent Cast Shadow on the GOP's Future
When future legal scholars look back on the significant moments of 21st-century jurisprudence, they may well see fit to include Judge Richard Posner's recent dissent on Wisconsin's voter identification...
View ArticleEbola and Moral Panic
In the wake of a Dallas hospital's decision to release a Liberian patient with Ebola into the community -- who later died of the disease after returning to the hospital -- a fierce debate has erupted...
View ArticleTime to Take Sides in North Africa's Jihadist Fight
Nearly two months after President Obama first vowed to eradicate the Islamic State terrorist group in its Levantine stronghold, this internationally-diagnosed cancer is spreading in North Africa. From...
View ArticleWhat Matters More Than Test Scores
As a nation, we worry far too much about PISA scores, which rank and rate students according to standardized tests. Many nations have higher average scores than we do, yet we are the most powerful...
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PTSD and the Future Wars
We talk about PTSD and how it affects men and women in uniform but do we ever consider what happens to the children of war or the upbringing of the children of the enemy who grow up in the war zones?...
View ArticleA New Front in the War on ISIL: Syria's Lost Generation of University Students
Using the Arabic acronym for ISIL, Dr. Ammar Ibrahim, a refugee university professor from Aleppo, put the dilemma of Syria's Lost Generation of educated young people in the starkest terms possible:...
View ArticleYou Say 'Potato' and I Say 'Prejudice'
As the country continues to change and adapt to include LGBT individuals into state and federal law on issues like marriage and other such privileges, more and more people on the opposing side are...
View ArticleFerguson Is Not Gaza
Dedicated in love and awe to Pastor Michael McBride and Rabbi Susan Talve Ferguson is not Gaza. The conflation of Palestinian suffering with racism against African Americans is inaccurate and...
View ArticlePanetta's Book -- Including His Criticisms of Obama -- Has Major Factual...
Leon Panetta, Obama's CIA Director and Secretary of Defense has just released his memoirs, in which he complains about mistakes Obama made by not listening to his advice. He follows in the footsteps of...
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This Week in World War I: October 10-16, 1914
Belgian Town Destroyed by Shelling during World War I WW I: The Question of Blame The events leading up to the First World War, and its subsequent execution, have produced a voluminous literature....
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We Need an Affirmative Vision for Congress
Photo credit: Architect of the CapitolIt's time for an affirmative vision for the institution of Congress. Congress currently serves as a punchline -- an excuse for inaction, a symbol for what's wrong...
View ArticleThe Palestinian Refugees: Ending Their Lingering Plight
During the donor conference held in Cairo a few days ago, the US, EU, and other countries pledged $2.7 billion for reconstruction in Gaza. It is undoubtedly necessary to make such a humanitarian effort...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to the Koch Brothers
Mr. David Koch and Mr. Charles Koch, Our names are Joyce and Karen Koch. We share the same last name as you but we're not related. In fact, we could not have come from more different backgrounds. Like...
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#8 Beliefs that Make Liberal America Weak: Barriers to the Source of Moral...
[This piece begins a discussion that is addressed especially to those who believe that there is no such thing -- and can be no such thing -- in the world as an "evil force."] Summary: Why does that...
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Immigration Is Personal to Latino Voters
A series of polls released by the NCLR Action Fund and Latino Decisions show that immigration will once again be a top priority for Latino voters on Election Day. In late September, the groups...
View ArticleAfrica Unsure of Its Place on World Stage
Last August, over 40 African heads of states and governments traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with President Obama and other U.S. government and business officials. While the media touted the...
View ArticleCracking the ISIS Conundrum -- Obama and the Arab World Part II
As has been already reported, a month has passed since the U.S. president laid out the strategy for tackling the ISIS insurgents rampaging through northern Syria and northern and western Iraq. He made...
View ArticleHow States Can Help End Trafficking
The idea of trafficking in humans calls up images of the slave trade in the 17th and 18th century, of immigrants lured into forced labor and prostitution during the great wave of immigration and the...
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