Peace and Security
We Agree Assault Is Bad. Let’s Agree on How to Punish It.
Our national debate about sexual harassment and assault seems to be missing a bit of nuance. As a woman who's been sexually harassed and assaulted many times, here's how I see it. Sexual predators aren't the same as pigs. Roy Moore is a predator. His systematic,...
A Mass Murderer’s Love Song to Trump
"We've had a great relationship," exulted a giddy Donald Trump, following his two-day schmoozefest in Manila with the thuggish Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte, who calls himself a "toughie," brags that he's personally killed many people and likes to...
What Trump and Suu Kyi Have in Common
Gun Control Shouldn’t Be This Hard
Before the gun lobby or its sycophants in Congress bring out their usual talking points for why we can't ever have common sense gun reform, I'd like to shoot one of them down. No pun intended. We just saw what happens when a bad guy with a gun is met by a good guy...
A Well-Regulated Militia
Who’s Really in Charge of the Afghanistan War?
In June, our Tweety Bird president tweeted this message to members of the U.S. Army: “Proud to be your commander-in-chief.” Actually, Trump is only the delegator-in-chief — he's passed to subordinates a president's most solemn duty of guiding our nation's war...
A U.S. Soldier Died in Niger. What on Earth Are We Doing There?
In our military-revering culture, it’s a strange thing for a president to start a war of words with the grieving families of slain soldiers. Strange, yes. But from Donald Trump’s campaign season feud with the parents of Humayun Khan, who died protecting fellow...
The Sad State of Disaster Relief
Five former U.S. presidents recently came together to raise money for hurricane relief for the victims of hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. This generous, bipartisan act is one of true generosity and statesmanship. And yet, as former presidents, all five men know...
Me Too. And You. And You.
"Me too." I posted those words on Facebook recently, along with what seems like every woman I know. A post went viral asking each woman to write the words “Me too" if she'd been sexually assaulted or harassed. A man exposed himself to me once. Ten years ago. He was in...
Mourning in Vegas
