As Israel struggles to defend itself, Islamist voices around the world still stridently condemn the Jewish state for stopping the flotilla bringing aid to Hamas. Shockingly, one of those voices is Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim — the former media darling and favorite of the foreign-policy teams of...

As Israel struggles to stay afloat beneath the nearly universal condemnation of its conduct in the recent flotilla incident, I can’t help wondering: When did racism suddenly become so socially acceptable – and even fashionable – in the U.S.? To be sure, the decades-long struggle between Israel,...

Relations between the United States and the Middle East have always been complicated.  Given that the Middle East enjoys complicated relationships with every other region in the world as well—including itself—this should come as no surprise. On 9/11, however, many Americans were surprised.  In...

President Obama has poured billions of tax dollars into a government take-over of the Auto Industry.  Fair Enough.  He is pushing through a Socialist agenda for a national healthcare system, which will effectively strip us of our options with regard to our medical care, while simultaneously creating...

President Obama should not speak in support of the Iranians protesting the recent presidential elections.  In fact, no US official, in power or out of it, should publicly support them. First, it’s redundant.  Is there any doubt that anyone in Iran (much less, the world) knows whose side the Americans...

“Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former finance minister of Nigeria, sums up four days of intense discussion on aid versus trade on the closing day of TEDGlobal 2007, and shares a personal story explaining her own commitment to this cause.”  In the context of typical conversation on the topic,...

In Sunday’s edition of the New York Times, an editorial with the pretense of being yet another rant on the Bush administration’s torture policies appeared with the eye-catching and eyebrow-raising title, “The Torturers’ Manifesto.” Granted, the article was sparked by the...

America is, perhaps now more than ever, facing difficult decisions regarding a close neighbor. The country of Mexico is, to be frank, a mess. Cartels are gaining control of entire cities, police forces, and local economies. In some of the most violent border towns, finding bodies in the streets in the...

The Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923 led to the death of over one million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire. It shattered the vibrant Armenian culture and destroyed the lives of countless thousands of people. In fact, most genocide experts consider it to be the first modern genocide and the...

It’s really remarkable how much we rely on medicine these days. Never before in history have so many people relied on so many different medications; in fact, it’s estimated that nearly half of all Americans take at least one prescription drug. This statistic becomes even more alarming when...