The Congolese people deserve a future where their basic rights are respected, including the right to know that their leaders reflect their electoral will. This right hangs in the balance.
The most recent election has shown that the Congolese people want their voices heard and that they overwhelmingly desire good governance, security, economic and social development.
The news of Elizabeth Edwards' death on Tuesday saddened me on many levels, not only the way in which her 32-year marriage to John came to an end, but...
I found myself in a Washington, D.C. hotel lobby surrounded by a group of drag queens attending a gay fundraising event. As a matter of fact, I was in drag, too! Suddenly the doors opened and John McCain was walking directly toward me.
I can't help wondering whether Cindy McCain misses her straight-talking husband as much as I do -- a McCain that is going to be relevant to our future, not one we have to be ashamed of because he "delayed" the normalization of gay rights.
Palin's latest remarks were nasty towards the First Lady and thoroughly insensitive to the memory of Pat Tillman and to his parents
I spoke to Bouska and Parshley in their studio in Los Angeles about the "NOH8" campaign. While a judge recently overturned Proposition 8, they're stilling looking to continue to spread the word.
Remember Sarah Palin's overly paid makeup artists from the presidential campaign? Well, they all secured another Emmy nomination yesterday for their work on "So You Think You Can Dance"
Speaking at a McCain campaign rally, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin issued the following warning to the most extreme elements in the Tea Party movement: "Anyone who uses threats of violence will be in my crosshairs."
The superlative reviews for this book - "spellbinding," "riveting," "explosive" - all true. For political junkies and cautious historians, Game Change is outstanding.
While there is much to praise in Mrs. McCain's admittedly late arrival to the equal marriage struggle, the 700-pound silver elephant in the room is the fact that it is just that -- her very late arrival.
Please give poor Cindy McCain the bonus so she can get a new one....
In family courts around the United States, children are taken from parents addicted to drugs. I observed this first hand in New Jersey, where I defended such parents.
The numbers showed that the relationship between spending per pupil and student outcomes in California (and elsewhere) is somewhere between weak and nonexistent.
I have a dream that my sisters will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the size of their jeans, but by the content of their character and the quality of their work (or lack thereof).