Pollution is a global problem, but the costs are paid neighborhood by neighborhood. Now that California has adopted an ambitious,...
Let's fight hurricanes like we're waging a war Every year, the United States suffers attacks on American soil so brutal, our military can do...
Are genetic testing companies making us obsess about the stupid stuff, while we forget to test for what matters? Spit parties, online social...
Foreign assistance isn't only a moral gesture, it's also essential to our national security. The United States spends more than $20 billion a...
Beijing should bankroll a new "global rescue fund" to help countries hit hardest by the economic collapse. In the wake of the global...
My husband is a Dutchman who moved to America to be with me. We have experienced many things together over the last seven years that have made me...
For a very brief moment earlier this year, I considered a run for Congress. My Congressman had announced his retirement. Shortly thereafter, he...
In the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court found that banning handguns is an unacceptable infringement on our Second...
Anyone who has studied psychology knows just how puzzling human behavior can be. Busy people are trying to cope in a complex world, and this...
Despite any efforts on the part of the United States, the Middle East remains awash in violence. In July, 2006, Secretary of State Condoleezza...
Most Iraqis agree on one thing: Regardless of a political shift in the White House, U.S. policy in Iraq is on a set course, determined by...
"Why is so little attention being paid to getting better fuel efficiency, right now?"
"Welcome to the Welton Inn. To make ice, fill your ice bucket with water and wait for winter."
"What the world needs is an economic superpower that represents the interests of the world's poor: Call it Pooristan."
"If the market for global news is growing, why is the delivery of it shrinking?"
"It is a difficult proposition, drafting a weather map for a country that has never seen one."
When I was a graduate student at Berkeley in the mid-1950s, my teachers included many brilliant refugees from Hitler's Germany. Sometimes, when we...
"Someone died waiting for that killer's heart. The liver, split two ways, could have saved two babies."