Fifty thousand demonstrators are shouting “Russia without Putin!” as I write this post. Symbolically, they are milling in Bolotnaya Square, the site where the Don Cossack Pugachev was beheaded in 1775, after fighting a two-year war against Catherine the Great.
As luck (and Luck) would have it, Saturday night’s Republican presidential debate in Iowa began just moments after the awarding of the Heisman Trophy in Manhattan.
I have a confession to make: I’m not color-blind, but I do have trouble seeing brown . . . with a capital “b”, as in the current Governor of California.
What do the marathon meetings in Brussels to save the Euro and in Durban to extract commitments on green house gas (GHG) emissions have in common? Both are attempting “top down” mandates on local politicians that are doomed to fail.
America's crisis of civic education is acute, requiring a major change in the way students are taught about the workings of American government and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
In 1968, the American ecologist Garrett Hardin wrote “The Tragedy of the Commons” which must be the most cited article ever to appear in Science Magazine.
Much has been made lately of those whose income is in the top 1 percent, who supposedly don't pay their "fair share" of taxes. They have been denounced as close to common thieves.
Two announcements from the State Department this week showcase why State has such a difficult time gaining Congressional support. The first announcement is that gay rights will become a major focus of U.S.
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