President Barack Obama plans to withdraw most U.S. troops from Iraq by August 2010 and the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes. Brookings expert Elizabeth Ferris describes how these two decisions will affect the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Iraq and Darfur.
Monthly Archives For April 2009
Progressive Power Surge
The American public opinion has changed from conservative to progressive, according to a study put out by the Center for American Progress (CAP).
How Abortion Became Fashionable
In his tremendous novel War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy observes that some men “choose their opinions like their clothes—according to fashion.” He adds that no matter how derivative their views are, such men may hold those views with all the passion of partisans.
Teachers Have No Excuses
One scholar prescribes training for an army of teachers.
Forecasting A Fusionist Future
Is this the end of conservatism? Not quite.
Handicapping The G-20 Summit
The G-20 is a group of finance ministers and central bank governors from 20 economies, 19 of the world’s largest national economies and the European Union.
Weather Underground History Restored
Many Americans have forgotten the violence that shook our society in the l960s and l970s at the hands of the Weather Underground and other radical organizations.
SDSers for Palestine
What do radicals of different generations have in common? For one, some believe that Israel is an imperialist Zionist state intent on the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
My Budget Runneth Over
U.S. Representative Devin Nunes (R-CA) argued at a Conservative Bloggers Briefing that the government’s sacrifice is either non-existent or extremely minimal.
Before the Door Closed
The District of Columbia School Choice Incentive Act was signed by President Bush in January, 2004, allocating $14 million for the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). A University of Arkansas report reviews OSP successes and limitations.