There Are Few Congressional No Brainers -- This is One
HR 1981: Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2013 is not getting a lot of press. I believe that is partly because of how few know that there is any need for it. There is. A...
View ArticleShining a Super Bowl Spotlight on Human Trafficking
While merchants peddle Super Bowl gear, human traffickers peddle people. As we gear up for football festivities, merchants peddle Super Bowl gear and human traffickers peddle people. Though human...
View ArticleDid That Billionaire's 'Nazi' Rant Begin With a Dispute ... Over Landscaping?
By now millions of people have heard that Silicon Valley billionaire Tom Perkins compared progressive political speech to Kristallnacht, the night of religious violence that led to the death of 91 Jews...
View ArticlePresident Obama's Inequality Story
The advance word is that inequality is going to be the central theme in President Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday. That's certainly good news, since it is a huge problem. The question is...
View ArticlePartisanship as Usual
The word coming out of the nation's capital is that President Obama will focus part of his upcoming State of Union address on income inequality and economic opportunity for those not included in the...
View ArticleMr. President, Don't Back Down on Trade in the State of the Union
Four years ago, President Obama's bold challenge in his 2010 State of the Union address -- to double U.S. exports by the end of 2014 -- sparked the needed culture shift away from domestic consumption,...
View ArticleEasing India-Myanmar Border Dispute
The bilateral relations between India and Myanmar have gradually shifted over the past two decades. A major change began with the introduction of India's "Look East" policy in 1991, triggering a shift...
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Obama Bouncing Back?
As the city of Washington prepares for its time in the spotlight tomorrow night (the "State Of The Union" speech being approximately Washington's "Oscar night" on primetime television), pundits will go...
View ArticleEducation Is the Great Equalizer
I have spent nearly three decades of my career in America's public schools as a teacher, principal and district administrator. During that time, I have seen the best and worst that our schools have to...
View ArticleDavos to Detention: Why I Hate Coming Home to America
It's not easy coming back home to America when your name is Ahmed. I want to look forward to returning home from a trip abroad, but thanks to my name or as the TSA officer put it -- my "profile" --...
View ArticlePresident Obama: The Solution to Unprecedented Inequality is Good Jobs and...
Last week, the U.K. publication The Guardian used an interesting anecdote to describe the key finding of an Oxfam report on global inequality: The world's 85 richest people now own more wealth than the...
View ArticleBahrain Urgently Needs Real Negotiations
For analysts trying to read the tea leaves between the latest twists in Bahrain politics, the signs are confusing. Formal talks broke down earlier this month after the government arrested and charged...
View ArticleWhat Chris Christie Doesn't Understand About Welfare
I've never seen a less optimistic time in my lifetime in this country, and people wonder why. I think it's really simple. It's because government's now telling them, stop dreaming, stop striving, we'll...
View ArticleStrong Words, But Where Is the Follow Up?
While America is looking at another deep-freeze in our weather, we are starting to see the spring of economic opportunity for people with disabilities. But, like the returning polar vortex, we should...
View ArticleWhy We Should Respect All Cultural Celebrations
It's the beginning of 2014, and this may be a good time to begin raising awareness about how we celebrate our numerous ethnic holidays throughout the year. Each and every American today stands on the...
View ArticleIf Henry Ford Could Pay a $15 Minimum Wage 100 Years Ago, So Can We
In the State of the Union address tonight, President Obama is going to call for a national minimum wage of $10.10. Then in their response the Republicans will say that'd be a huge disaster that would...
View ArticleThe News Is What the New Gitmo Hearings Don't Tell Us
You probably won't hear much about the new hearings taking place for many of the remaining 155 detainees at Guantanamo Bay, even though, starting Tuesday, they were supposed to be made "public." That's...
View ArticleChildren Versus Bridges
Jeremiah Oliver is a 5-year old boy from Fitchburg, Massachusetts, who hasn't been seen since September of last year. The boy was supposed to be under the supervision of the Massachusetts Department of...
View ArticleBetter Understanding of Fair Use, Tech Missing From Copyright Hearing
When a Congressional committee hears from various witnesses Tuesday about the subject of copyright fair use, one of the more important details is who won't be represented at the witness table:...
View ArticleHealthcare On The Web: Why We Still Need Experts
Two out of three Americans turn to the Internet to find answers to their health problems, but the often-anonymous advice they find can pose a real threat to their well-being. Here's what we can do....
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