Last night at Occupy Wall Street (OWS), the Demands Working Group came before the General Assembly to make their case for "Jobs for ALL - A Massive Public Works and Public Service Program." The most controversial item on the agenda was preceded by two routine budgetary requests. The...

CHICAGO -- On Saturday afternoon, braving the bitter cold and intermittent snow, hundreds of Chicagoans gathered to express their solidarity with the Libyan people. College-aged girls in bright headscarves chatted amiably while clutching cups of coffee at the plaza at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Congress Parkway. Meanwhile, hardened...

In his commencement address at the University of Michigan last month, President Barack Obama bemoaned the radicalization of American political discourse. "Today's poisonous political climate," he said, serves to "push people away from participation in public life."

He urged the newly minted graduates not to lose hope...

DETROIT -- It is a cold Sunday afternoon in February and asr prayer is being held at Masjid Al-Haqq. Children run outside, playing in the snow, rambunctious and full of life while their mothers serve the last of the stragglers who have come for a hot meal at the weekly...

DETROIT -- Six days have passed since his father's untimely death, and Omar Regan's eyes betray a hint of moistness. It is a chilly Tuesday morning, and the Detroit diner at which he has agreed to meet - Superior Coney Island on Wyoming St. - is only two miles from...

Last Friday, our nation was confronted with the reality that President Barack "Hope" Obama had been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize - and the 1984 references flowed like wine.

"Warmonger Wins Peace Prize" cried a former government official. One antiwar activist wondered if we had "slipped through...

There's something about him -- the way he speaks, the way he carries himself, the inexorable charisma he exudes when addressing a distinguished gathering. You find yourself drawn to Barack Obama, almost reluctantly, as if against your will. And in your state of enthrallment, your heart flutters -- like a...

My Experience as a Detainee at the Canadian Border

I was returning home on a Sunday evening from a leisurely drive to Canada two weeks ago, and the Customs and Border Protection officer in the booth had a blank look on his face. Biostatistics, I explained, is the application of...