Op-Ed

Who could have imagined even a year ago that the Arab Spring would blow a fresh wind across the Middle East, opening minds and hearts to new possibilities? Now, …

Washington - How can we end the death penalty in the United States? Every so often, one capital case receives wide attention and makes a public spectacle …

Washington - Here's my question for the Republican Party: How's that Rick Perry stuff workin' out for ya? You'll recall that Sarah Palin asked a similar question …

Washington DC – According to Voltaire, the Roman Empire fell “because all things fall.” It is hard to argue with this as a general statement about decline: nothing lasts …

By now, probably everyone reading this is already sick of America's quadrennial political spectacle — the one in which politicians and media outlets ask us to believe that there …

The New York Stock Exchange. (Photo: JoePhilipson) Milan - As the American economy continues to sputter three years after the global financial crisis erupted, one thing has …

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican presidential candidate, speaks at the Florida P5 Faith and Freedom Coalition Kick-Off event at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Florida, September …

Vampires. Thieves of the night. As sunlight is said to be deadly to them, these mythical creatures venture out to drain the blood from their innocent victims only when …

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo: World Economic Forum / Flickr) The wave of popular uprisings across the Middle East created many new spaces for popular …

The law that created the deficit committee also created a zero-sum game: Any expensive program that escapes the budget knife does so at the expense of cuts to other …