| May 22, 2013 | Peace / SecurityThe White House Almost never frets, About the lies It told to vets. This Memorial Day, I’d like to salute the young people who continue to enlist in our armed forces. Their initial training reinforces their sense that America is beset with many ill-motivated...
| Mar 27, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyUsually when I’m angry about something, my first instinct is to write. And while I’m furious about what happened to that 16-year-old girl in Ohio, I’m hesitant to lend more ink to the topic, because every additional word adds to the explosive media...
| Feb 13, 2012 | Peace / SecurityAngelina Jolie’s writing and directorial debut “In the Land of Blood and Honey,” snubbed by the Oscars and screened in very few U.S. theaters, isn’t generating the blockbuster actress’s usual buzz. It deserves better. “Blood and...
| Nov 28, 2011 | Peace / SecurityWhile members of Congress waste time naming post offices and devising ways to get seniors to pay for billionaires’ tax breaks through cuts in Medicare and Social Security, other important business is slipping through the cracks. Specifically, if Congress...