Op-Ed

A photograph of UK citizen and Guantanamo detainee Shaker Aamer with his two children. (Photo: Family photo released to Clive Stafford-Smith, legal attorney for Shaker) As a …

Mass uprisings against oppressive governments put the regime’s soldiers in a precarious situation. When ordered to repress the rebelling populace, they can obey those orders to apply military action …

The advent of the Internet has helped define the Millennial generation. The most tech-savvy generation to date has already made a splash in history: we have mastered all things …

Arundhati Roy, speaking at a Harvard conference in April, 2010. (Photo: jeanbaptisteparis) Sitting in a car parked at a gas station on the outskirts of Houston, Texas, …

Death of the Liberal Class is not a perfect book – Chris Hedges’ love for the classical and puritan tendencies mar the discussions of art and the internet, and …

Last week, I had a conversation with a man who runs his own trading firm. In the process of fuming about competition from Goldman Sachs, he said with resignation …

(Credit: Dobritz, France CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) Alan Cowell had an interesting piece in The New York Times on Nov. 14 contrasting public …

Before I weigh in on the heart-stopping salary of Ohio State's new football coach, let me tell you about the kids I met last Sunday evening. You …

Washington - Two politicians from different countries and with very different political pedigrees made news this week. Both spoke difficult truths and reminded us that we shouldn't use the …

GOP presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, on November 29, 2011. Perry urged the …