| Apr 19, 2017 | Peace / SecurityNo one ever expected Donald Trump to be a peace-loving president. On the campaign trail, he endorsed torture, said he’d bomb the families of alleged terrorists, and spoke gleefully about the president’s power to launch nuclear weapons. But threatening war with...
| Apr 12, 2017 | Peace / SecurityWhen I saw footage of the alleged sarin gas attack in Syria, I felt ill. The whole episode, which killed up to 100 civilians in Syria’s Idlib province, was ghastly. But worst of all was the kids — glassy-eyed, discolored, and limp as their little bodies were carried...
| Mar 29, 2017 | Peace / SecurityIn a desolated patch of Mosul, Iraq, people are still digging through the rubble. Rescuers wear masks to cover the stench, while anxious family members grow desperate about missing loved ones. The full story of what happened in the al-Jidideh neighborhood isn’t...
| Jan 18, 2017 | Peace / SecurityThe week leading up to the presidential inauguration brought streams, if not floods, of pee jokes. You might even say it was the number one opportunity for scatological humor since the poop cruise of 2013. My heart goes out to parents who have to find an appropriate...
