Earth Day: Treat Climate Change Like a Security Threat
What if someone told you war isn't real and it's just a conspiracy for the Armed Forces and defense contractors to get rich? Swap out the word "war" for "climate change" in the first sentence and you...
View ArticleOur Unpredictable 'Partner for Peace'
In 1994, at the initiative of the U.S., the Partnership for Peace (PfP) was created, with the aim of furthering trust bilaterally between NATO and individual countries of Europe and the former Soviet...
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Mir Mohammad Yaqub Mashuf: 'The Government's Actions for Women Are Empty and...
Mohammad Yaqub Mashuf is an economist and writer. He also collaborates with mainstream Afghan media and produces articles on economic and political affairs. Photo : Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA / Matthieu...
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Faith in Action: Spending Holy Week at Zamni Beni Haitian Children's Home
Dear Cara and Mariah, Happy Easter!! It's been pretty hectic the last few weeks, and I'm very happy that Easter is here, with daffodils and forsythia in bloom, lilacs on the way, and chocolate finally...
View ArticleA Tale of Brandeis, Islam, Feminism and the Left
There are certain subjects that progressives tend to shy away from for their own ideological reasons. Concerned lest it provide ammunition to the right, the left downplays many retrograde practices...
View ArticleWashington Continues to Ignore Tax Reform at Our Economy's Peril
The common perception in Washington these days is that comprehensive tax reform is dead. The D.C. pundits say Capitol Hill wants to move on, and the election calendar dictates that lawmakers turn their...
View ArticleThe Boston Marathon Bombing One Year Later: What We Still Don't Know
Just over a year removed from the attack on the Boston Marathon, we still know surprisingly little about the person allegedly responsible for its planning and execution, Tamerlan Tsarnaev. While his...
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Friday Talking Points - Seven More Amendments
There were two political stampedes this week, both towards and then back away from the same man: rancher Cliven Bundy. Bundy was a strange hero for conservative Republicans to adopt, since he is...
View ArticleMaren Sanchez and the Gender Gaps No One Is Talking About
We know all about the Confidence Gap. So let's talk about the Self-Control and Entitlement Gaps no one seems to keen on delving into. Maren Sanchez, who was 16, was stabbed to death by a classmate in a...
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College Students Present Research on Southern Politics
One of the good things about academic associations is that they often invite students to participate in meaningful discussions about professional matters. Such was the case at last month's Citadel...
View ArticleWhy I'm Going to Yemen
Following on the heels of the "massive and unprecedented" U.S. drone strikes in Yemen this month, which killed scores of Yemenis, I'm headed there for a week's worth of research. Admittedly, the timing...
View ArticleThe Cycle of Distrust
Americans' distrust in their national government began to decline during the Vietnam War, which led Lyndon Johnson to abandon the presidency rather than run for a second term. The decline intensified...
View ArticleThe US Should Accept Palestinian Unity
While Palestinians celebrated the reconciliation agreement signed between Fateh and Hamas, the reactions in Washington and Israel were reminiscent of the biblical "weeping and gnashing of teeth."...
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Georgia Governor Signs 911 Medical Amnesty/ Naloxone Law
On Thursday April 24, 2014 Georgia became the 15th state in the union to enact a 911 Medical Amnesty law granting limited prosecutorial immunity to people who seek help during a drug or alcohol...
View ArticleAs Europe Reconsiders Russian Gas, Qatar Waits in Wings
Co-written with Sufyan Bin Uzayr Throughout the Ukraine crisis, European Union (EU) leaders have become more vocal about their interest in reducing Europe's consumption of Russian natural gas. As a...
View ArticleAsia-Pacific Pivot: Obama Trip So Far As Important for What Hasn't Happened...
While the shouting but, notably, not shooting continues in the Ukraine crisis, and the Middle East peace process collapses, President Barack Obama is in the middle of his four-nation Asia-Pacific tour....
View ArticleAre We Keeping Score or Promoting Mideast Peace?
It's very easy to get sucked in to the play-by-play score-keeping in Israeli-Palestinian talks, negotiations and competing unilateral measures. It even has a certain appeal, the appearance of knowing...
View ArticleSunday Roundup
This week, Mika Brzezinski and I hosted our second Third Metric conference. Last year, we had 300 people crammed into my living room. This year, we had over 2,000 people at the New York City Center --...
View ArticleThe Real Retirement Crisis
America has a retirement crisis, but it's not what some people want you to believe it is. It's not the defined benefit pension plans that public employees pay into over a lifetime of work, which...
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American Hero Stories: A SEAL Wife and Children
I felt compelled to make it a frequent focus of this column to give voice to the military wives and families. It's so rare for them to have an opportunity to let the rest of us civilians know what...
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