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The War Stampede
Disputes are raging within the Obama administration over how to continue the US war effort in Afghanistan. A new leak tells us that Washington's ambassador in Kabul, …

Abortion Amendment May Sink Health Care Bill
The Stupak-Pitts Amendment, barring private and public health insurance plans from offering abortions as part of basic coverage if they accept government subsidies, risks sinking the fragile health bill …

Religion and Economics
This essay was presented to the Claremont Democratic Club, May 8, 2009, but originally prepared for a talk at California State University at Northridge, California. Permission granted by the …

Why Holocaust Denial Is on the Rise in the Arab World
What pushes Arabs to deny the existence of the Holocaust? How and why does Israel continue to instrumentalize the memory of the destruction of European Jewry? What …

A Warming Trend Despite Maine’s Icy Outcome
Maine will go down in the history books as the gay heartbreaker of Election Day 2009: Voters vetoed gay marriage even though it had won the approval of their …

The False Choice
Boston - It was one of those small shocks that come unexpectedly in the wake of a death. Just days after the country had buried Ted Kennedy, Cardinal …

Fear and Loathing in the Wake of Fort Hood
It should not come as a surprise to us that a US Army psychiatrist, stationed at a military base where soldiers come and go to fight in …

The New Wall
Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb? Mother, do you think they'll like this song? Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls? Mother, should I …

Gay Rights Go Global
London - A new bill before the Ugandan parliament proposes the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality” and “serial offenders.” A sentence of life imprisonment will be imposed for touching …

When a Parent Is Away at War
In honor of Veterans Day. Veterans Day is a time to honor those who have served our country. For clinicians at Children’s Hospital Boston, it’s also a time …