Don't Let Candidates Dodge Questions
The emerging consensus about Thursday night's vice presidential debate is that there was a high degree of professionalism on the stage. Why?
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50 Years After Cuban Missile Crisis: Closer Than you Thought to World War III
“My fellow Americans, with a heavy heart, and in necessary fulfillment of my oath of office, I have ordered – and the United States Air Force has now carried out – military operations with conventiona
Khadafy Son Should Be Tried by Libya
The new Libyan government has plenty of worries. There was the deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi.
Partisans Are Fired Up on Both Sides
Before the first presidential debate last week, President Barack Obama appeared to be cruising toward re-election and possibly a thumping victory.
Why Netanyahu Backed Down
For three years Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his defense minister, Ehud Barak, seemed to be united in urging an early military attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The Toughest Sanctions
Amid all the grandstanding about drawing a “red line” that Iran shouldn’t cross in its uranium enrichment program, a different kind of line may have just settled the issue.
Tiananmen Square
Book abstract: The two-volume Oxford Companion to Comparative Politics fills a gap in scholarship on an increasingly important field within Political Science.
Productivity and the Placebo Effect
In 1952, Norman Vincent Peale, a Protestant minister, published “The Power of Positive Thinking.” The book stayed on the New York Times best-sellers list for 186 weeks.
The Truth About Sovereignty
In the French parliament’s recent debate on Europe’s new fiscal treaty, the country’s Socialist government vehemently denied that ratification of the treaty would undermine French sovereignty.
Cuban Missile Crisis Holds Lessons for Presidential Race
Next week marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis — arguably the most dangerous moment in modern history. During 13 harrowing days in October 1962, President John F.
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