In his State of the Union address, President Obama proclaimed that he would not cede the solar industry to China through a lack of commitment. Unfair Chinese trading practices demand that he keep this pledge immediately or risk surrendering the industry to China.
The United States created the solar...
Posted December 13, 2011 | 12/13/11 10:29 AM ET
Recently, I played 20 questions with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. As a board member of the World Affairs Council of Connecticut, I was invited by Iran's mission to the United Nations to a dinner and discussion with the president. I enthusiastically accepted.
I knew that others from universities and organizations...
Posted October 11, 2010 | 10/11/10 04:13 PM ET
The education of America's children comprises one element of the social contract that American governments -- local, state and federal -- have with the American people. When governments fail to perform this duty, they fail to honor their contract. However, the American social contract possesses unique qualities among the various...
Posted September 7, 2010 | 09/07/10 03:00 PM ET
Our government has failed to honor its social contract with the American people. The second paragraph of the U.S. Declaration of Independence presents the first and most explicit social contract between the U.S. government and its people. The contract reads:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men...
Posted February 13, 2012 | 02/13/12 04:01 PM ET