Cluster bombs are in the news again, thanks to a recent report from Amnesty International. The human rights agency has confirmed that 35 women and children were killed following …
How do we respond to a political landscape where Meg Whitman can spend $80 million on her primary candidacy alone? Or where, aided by the ghastly Citizen's United Supreme …
When I was working as a teacher, I loved the phrase “best practices.” It suggested pooled wisdom, a collective weeding out of the more effective from the less effective, …
A recent exposé in The Washington Post shows that if you have a security clearance and are comfortable being part of a lucrative “self-licking ice cream cone” - a …
Without enough votes, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has been forced to abandon a comprehensive energy bill. Gone is any tough climate provision. Will the House buy it? The …
The first half of 2010 was the hottest six-month period recorded globally with temperatures around the globe 2 to 3 degrees Fahrenheit above averages. Temperatures hit record highs globally. …
Jalalabad, Afghanistan - Zahir Daud says he is not angry with the Americans who took 32 months of his life. The only time the slim, dark-eyed former literature teacher …
With a protester surrounded by signs that read “Massey Energy kills miners and mountains,” "Blankenship busts unions, destroys mountains, and maims miners," positioned outside the National Press Club in …
“Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress ... but then, I repeat myself.” -Mark Twain Much has been written - argued heatedly by …