Throw the Bums Out Again?
If you’ve skimmed the headlines today, you didn’t find much to get excited about. President Obama can’t get people to watch him speak. Consumer spending dropped. The dollar is sinking. And there might...
View ArticleSen. Kerry Pushes Repeal of Blood Donor Ban for Gay Men
With the repeal of DADT, will this be another step in equal rights for gay men? This article was originally published in The Boston Business Journal. By Julie Donnelly Every summer, the American Red...
View ArticleIs Anti-Islam Film This Campaign Season’s “Swift Boat” Effort?
Mark Greene asks is the YouTube release of Innocence of the Muslims actually aimed at the U. S. Presidential Election? Was the YouTube release of an Arabic dubbed trailer of Innocence of the Muslims...
View ArticleBill Clinton Honored as 2013 Father of the Year
Former President Bill Clinton has been selected for the 2013 Father of the Year Award Just when you think the spotlight might turn away from Bill Clinton, it doesn’t. Clinton’s larger-than-life...
View ArticleAFP: US Wants ‘Immediate’ Return of Missing Lao Activist
US wants ‘immediate’ return of missing Lao activist (via AFP) US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Lao authorities on Sunday to step up their investigation “without further delay” into the...
View ArticleWe’ve Seen This Story Before: The Case For Not Going to War in Syria (Opinion)
Alex Yarde insists that our time and resources would be better spent focusing on supporting Jordan during the influx of refugees from Syria. The despicable Assad Regime has, to date, killed thousands...
View ArticleThe Media’s Unbelievably Shallow Coverage of Syria
The media’ coverage of the crisis over Syria reveals a shallow search for unimportant gaffes at the expense of an actual discussion of the situation at hand. With Labor Day come and gone I assumed the...
View ArticleSix Things I’ve Learned from the Syria Crisis
Robert Burke Warren participated in the collective sigh of relief that came from the decision not to go to war with Syria. And have we learned anything from the crisis? Well, yes. — War is God’s way...
View ArticleThe Promise of Africa and Its Importance to US
With its wealth of natural and human resources, economic engagement by us/world in Africa will bring about prosperity and help solve poverty and wars. The 2014 August 4-6 U.S. Africa Leader Summit,...
View ArticleGood Morning Iraq
Good Morning Vietnam showed us the effects of the USA’s war in Vietnam, do we need a Good Morning Iraq too? ––– “There will be no reintroduction of American combat forces into Iraq. Nobody, I think,...
View ArticleA Guide to Online Etiquette—and Basic Human Decency
Matthew Rozsa offers a set of rules to give us a kinder, gentler Internet. ___ My first experience with Internet flaming occurred more than a decade ago, when I was still an undergraduate at Bard...
View ArticleJohn Kerry Was A Fine Presidential Candidate
Forget the media hype, just because you lose a presidential election doesn’t make you a bad candidate. Matt Yglesias made a great point over at Vox last week after Taegan Goddard said on Twitter that,...
View ArticleCan Rand Paul Still Win?
All the signs point to Rand Paul having already lost his bid to be the Republican nominee in 2016. In the past I’ve been highly skeptical of Republican Senator Rand Paul’s chances of winning the...
View ArticleA Democratic Race Without Hillary Clinton
If Hillary Clinton doesn’t become the Democratic presidential nominee next year, who could replace her? Let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that Hillary Clinton doesn’t run in the Democratic...
View ArticleThe Secret Lives of Sea Slaves: The New Threat to Modern Slavery
Are man’s instincts becoming so blurred that we’re contributing to human trafficking? Former Secretary of State John Kerry sheds light on a new threat to modern slavery. — The face of danger can look...
View ArticleThrow the Bums Out Again?
If you’ve skimmed the headlines today, you didn’t find much to get excited about. President Obama can’t get people to watch him speak. Consumer spending dropped. The dollar is sinking. And there might...
View ArticleSen. Kerry Pushes Repeal of Blood Donor Ban for Gay Men
With the repeal of DADT, will this be another step in equal rights for gay men? This article was originally published in The Boston Business Journal. By Julie Donnelly Every summer, the American Red...
View ArticleIs Anti-Islam Film This Campaign Season’s “Swift Boat” Effort?
Mark Greene asks is the YouTube release of Innocence of the Muslims actually aimed at the U. S. Presidential Election? Was the YouTube release of an Arabic dubbed trailer of Innocence of the Muslims...
View ArticleBill Clinton Honored as 2013 Father of the Year
Former President Bill Clinton has been selected for the 2013 Father of the Year Award Just when you think the spotlight might turn away from Bill Clinton, it doesn’t. Clinton’s larger-than-life...
View ArticleAFP: US Wants ‘Immediate’ Return of Missing Lao Activist
US wants ‘immediate’ return of missing Lao activist (via AFP) US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Lao authorities on Sunday to step up their investigation “without further delay” into the...
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