Fear of Lobby Keeps Dems From Praising Obama's Iran Deal -- and the Best Book...
It didn't take one prominent neocon long to figure out that that the Iran deal -- and the prospect of ending the stalemate with Iran without recourse to war -- has put the Democrats in a box. In the...
View ArticleNelson Mandela Was Released From Prison After 27 Years. These 10 Political...
In 1964, Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison over his calls for a colorblind South Africa. He ended up serving 27 years behind bars. Hours after his release on Feb. 11, 1990, Mandela vowed...
View ArticleThis Slow-Motion Video Of A Chameleon Hunting Is Mesmerizing (VIDEO)
What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted? Behold the chameleon, one of many enthralling creatures featured in Nat Geo WILD's newest documentary "One Life." The film, narrated by actor Daniel...
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Nelson Mandela Losing Son To AIDS Was Turning Point In Activism, Awareness
Updated Dec. 8, 2013 3:25 p.m. EST In what some have said was a watershed moment, former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela, who died Thursday, helped change the course of AIDS awareness on Jan....
View ArticlePearl Harbor Ceremony Unites Survivors: 'I Come Back To Be With My Comrades'
By AUDREY McAVOY, The Associated Press PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — About 2,500 gathered at Pearl Harbor on Saturday to remember those killed in the 1941 Japanese attack that launched the U.S. into...
View ArticleObama On Iran: Diplomacy Is The Best Approach
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Saturday he believed the chances for a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran are 50/50 or worse, yet defended diplomacy as the best way to prevent...
View ArticleHow American Conservatives Turned A Blind Eye To South African Apartheid
As news of Nelson Mandela's death spread on Thursday, Americans on the right and left lauded his accomplishments and expressed their sadness at his passing. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) called...
View ArticleMerrill Newman 'Delighted To Be Home' After North Korea Ordeal
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A tired but smiling 85-year-old U.S. veteran detained in North Korea for several weeks returned home Saturday to applause from supporters, yellow ribbons tied to trees outside his...
View ArticleNelson Mandela and the Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Nelson Mandela: A Leader of Courage and Dignity In 1990, Nelson Mandela was invited to come to the United States to receive the hero's welcome he so richly deserved. There was a planned a ticker tape...
View ArticleChristo Brand, Nelson Mandela's Jailer, Mourns His Death
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — He was with Nelson Mandela during all those years the anti-apartheid icon was imprisoned on Robben Island. And, like millions around the world, he has been hit hard by...
View ArticleChuck Hagel Offers Troops Rare Hope On Defense Budget
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan (AP) — Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel is offering troops a rare glimmer of hope about the department's financial woes. The U.S. defense secretary tells Marines in southwestern...
View ArticlePrayer for Ukraine
In our historical and paternal love for our beloved people of Ukraine, especially after their recent joyous celebrations of the 1025th anniversary since the baptism of the Kievan Rus, we cannot but...
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Cuba the Day After: Chimeras, Transitions and Stages
The article that I published in Issue 19 of the journal Voices "Every frustration is the daughter of an excess of expectations," a friend repeated to me when the forecasts of beautiful tints that I...
View ArticleLow-Hanging Fruit
In 1823 Secretary of State John Quincy Adams saw Cuba as ripe for the territorial expansion of a United States that needed both to quell factional conflict and mark itself as a world power. Almost 200...
View ArticleWhy Epigeneticists Are Optimistic About Reducing Child Abuse
Optimism is not a characteristic readily associated with working on child abuse. I've lost count of the number of times people have asked me how I stay positive. A social problem that is universally...
View ArticleNorth Korea Confirms Purge Of Kim Jong Un's Powerful Uncle
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Monday acknowledged the purge of leader Kim Jong Un's powerful uncle on allegations of corruption, drug use and a long list of other "anti-state" acts. The...
View ArticleNelson Mandela's Impact On Gay Rights Discussed By South African Journalist...
LGBT leaders and gay pundits in the U.S. have praised Nelson Mandela in recent days as a champion who, as the first democratically-elected president in South Africa, led the nation to pave the way...
View ArticleWhose Sarin?: London Review Of Books
Barack Obama did not tell the whole story this autumn when he tried to make the case that Bashar al-Assad was responsible for the chemical weapons attack near Damascus on 21 August.
View ArticleWill Iran's Covert War Continue?
They say old habits die hard. For Iran's elite Quds Force, the secretive external branch of the Revolutionary Guard, the habits of subversion and mafia-style revenge against the Islamic Republic's...
View ArticleAnimal Photos Of The Week: Baby Turtles Venture Into The Ocean
Some of the most popular animal stories from the last week include: Some chimpanzees sued for their freedom, with a little help from their human friends. Hawaii and Australia considered shark culling...
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