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Opinion pieces reflect the views of their authors, not necessarily Citizens for Global Solutions.
Get Peacekeeping Right
"Should the anticipated discussions fail to clear the path to the deployment of an effective force, the international community will be confronted...
U.S. Climate Policy: Hard or Soft Obstruction
(Under Secretary of State Paula Dobriansky will lead the U.S. delegation to the UN climate change conference next month in Bali. White...
Students protest CIA torture
On Wednesday a group of students from the University of California Santa Barbara sabotaged a CIA recruiting presentation to protest covert U.S....
How Do Americans View the World?
This week, I attended two fascinating briefings on how the American public is thinking about the world. The first was a press...
The Weekly Gaff: Washington Times Finally Confirms Insanity
While Frank Gaffney wrote his first column without any reference to the Law of the Sea in nearly half a year, he...
A Fair Bill for the World’s Farmers
More than 70 years ago, Congress created the Farm Bill. It was designed to give American farmers a safety net when the...
A Tale of Two Reviews
I have no interest in paying $27 for John Bolton's Surrender is Not an Option, even if he were willing to sign...
Daniel Levin: History Take Note
Years from now, hopefully not too far off in the future, historians will note the heroism displayed by Daniel Levin. Who is...
Retired JAGs: ‘Waterboarding is Torture’
Just in case our recent array of posts and our organization's stand against Attorney General nominee Judge Mukasey are not convincing enough,...
The Weekly Gaff and John Warner’s Wisdom
This is the second "Weekly Gaff," a feature inspired by Frank Gaffney, who has engineered a campaign of misinformation in the pages...
The Carbon Tax and a Bloomberg Foreign Policy
It's amazing that what passes for political courage in national politics seems commonsense at the municipal level. New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg...