50 Years After Selma, Blacks Are Still Victims No new ideas from today's Black leaders
WASHINGTON – Watching on TV the celebration of Selma’s 50th anniversary held in a Black church left me with...
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Healthy Looking Ethiopians, Unhealthy Americans In Addis Ababa, no obese people and no smokers. In the US we spend trillions to treat the health impact of bad personal habits
ADDIS ABABA – Walking around this large city I notice relatively healthy looking people. In particular, comparing Addis to...
Terrorism Is Rooted In Ideologies – It Is Not About Poverty President Obama says that if countries had better eeconomic policies there would no terrorism. Really?
WASHINGTON – The White House convened a mega-summit on Countering Violent Extremism, with the participation of 65 countries. To...
Obama’s De Facto Amnesty To Illegals Stopped By Texas Judge Obama may lose the legal battle. But he wins the political argument. The Republicans once again are portrayed as the anti-immigrant party
WASHINGTON – Andrew Hanen, a Texas Federal Judge, issued a preliminary injunction against Obama’s presidential order that shields millions of illegal immigrants...
Media Hype About ISIL Not Helpful The Islamic State is a serious security problem; but it is not an existential threat
WASHINGTON – The international media are not helping our understanding of the actual extent of the Islamic State threat....
Russia Is Still Europe’s Main Energy Supplier Despite the sanctions and capital flight, Russia keeps its influence over Europe
WASHINGTON – Despite the economic sanctions caused by its military intervention in Ukraine and the horrible impact of collapsed oil...
Finally Kiev Admits Defeat The Eastern Provinces now controlled by the rebels will get major autonomies. This means de facto independence
WASHINGTON – The net outcome of the Minsk (Belarus) negotiations about the future of Eastern Ukraine is that Ukrainian President...
Kissinger: We Are Managing Proliferation, Not Preventing It The emerging deal with Iran is only about delaying its nuclear program. Iran will eventually get nuclear weapons
WASHINGTON – Sometimes good thinkers manage to correctly summarize a complex issue highlighting its most critical feature.
Time For Kiev To Give Up Eastern Ukraine It is not easy to admit defeat and allow an agressor to win. But Ukraine, without weapons and short of cash, has no choice
WASHINGTON – In a more civilized world the rights of the very large ethnic Russian minority in Eastern Ukraine...
Killing In The Name Of God Many believe that Islam breeds violence. But Christainity did the same, for centuries. Luckily, the Christians became more peaceful, but only recently
All the current controversies about the religious foundations of the Islamic State, other radical and violent Muslim organizations, and...