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The Jury's in: Texas Wants MAS, Mexican American Studies is Act II of the...
Photo Credit: Sophia Flor The Texas State Board of Education can mark the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act by voting to implement Mexican American Studies. This would stamp out one of the last...
View Article50 Shades of Cool
It was more amusing than piano-playing kittens to see Barack Obama plug the Affordable Care Act on Zach Galifianakis' internet comedy show. Not late night. Not basic cable. An internet show: "Between 2...
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'Mama, Get Me Away From Around Here!'
Almost one year after I first wrote about Ka’nard Allen, his story—and the stories of several other children whose lives are connected to his—remain a searing example of how pervasive gun violence in...
View ArticleHate on Me, Hater!
To know me is to love me but to love me you have to understand that I have a love-hate relationship with the State of Mississippi. I learned this week that Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed into...
View ArticleReleasing the Torture Report Is No Mere Academic Exercise
Thursday's 11-3 bipartisan vote in the Senate Intelligence Committee to seek declassification of the executive summary of its report on the CIA's post-9/11 rendition, detention and interrogation...
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Friday Talking Points -- 'And Counting'
Today we're turning over the whole talking points section to the president, because he certainly deserves a victory lap after announcing this week that -- against all odds, and against all the slings...
View ArticleControversial Soccer Club Chief Declares Candidacy in Egypt's Presidential...
Egyptian soccer is adding salt to the run-up to presidential elections that are certain to be won by the country's strongman, newly retired general Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, with the announcement of the...
View ArticleObamacare Numbers -- and GOP States of Denial
Millions of people enrolled. So why are these politicians not smiling?
View ArticleRussell Conwell: His Theology of Wealth and Today's GOP
I did my doctoral work at Temple University, whose founder was a nineteenth-century Baptist preacher, Russell Conwell. Conwell was, to be sure, an accomplished writer, a captivating preacher and a...
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Putin, Religion and the Second Coming of Fascism
Comparison with Nazis is so overdone that there's even a name for it: Godwin's Law. Still, the parallels with Putin's Russia right now are so very tempting: after the collapse of its empire a fumbling,...
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Nader Nadery: "These Freedoms Are the Most Precious Gifts to the People of...
Nader Nadery is the Chair of the Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan and the Director of the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit. He was studying law and political science at Kabul...
View ArticleSunday Roundup
This week reminded us once again of the costs of accepting lowered expectations as the new normal. On Wednesday, a 5-4 Supreme Court decision struck down overall limits on campaign donations, further...
View ArticleA Tolerant Society Should Not Tolerate Militancy Against Tolerance. Period.
There's too much baloney flying around, large slices of baloney that often hit you in the face. Recently the baloney slices involve pronouncements about tolerance and diversity. Let me get to the point...
View ArticleRule Mandating Rear View Camera in Vehicles Will Save Lives
Consumers won a landmark victory last week: Starting in 2018 all new vehicles will be required to enable drivers to see what is directly behind them when they back up. This major consumer win was hard...
View ArticleWashington Is Livid With the Palestinians
The White House and the State Department are livid -- Congress even more so. They are furious with the Palestinians. And the Palestinians don't care; the Palestinians are elated. Palestinian leadership...
View ArticleStudent Loans, Mass Debtor Incarceration, and the Eternal George W. Bush
My meaning is, that no man can expect his children to respect what he degrades. -- Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit The most important thing to remember about this student loan crisis is that we...
View ArticleIsn't It Time to Try Something New?
The shambolic US-led "peace process" between Israel and the Palestinian Authority is finally getting the kind of recognition it deserves. After nearly a dozen fruitless visits to the region, Secretary...
View ArticleKiller Drones in a Downward Spiral?
Co-authored by Kate Chandley Illegal U.S. drone strikes continue (the Long War Journal says there have been eight drones strikes in Yemen so far this year), but efforts to curb the use of killer drones...
View ArticleAfghanistan Needs a Tranformational Leader
The West still has a chance in Afghanistan -- if it toils for an indigenous solution to the conflict and prevent Pakistan from spoiling everything. An interview with Ehsan Azari Stanizai on the future...
View ArticleWhy Does Equal Pay Really Matter?
This week we celebrate Equal Pay Day, when we're encouraged to wear red to visually reference how far women and minorities are "in the red" with their salaries. There is no question that women and...
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