Gorbachev's Sermon on the Mount

Robert Scheer, 11.11.2009

Veteran Journalist and Editor of Truthdig.com

When Gorbachev came to power he, like Obama, inherited a war that was not in the interest of his nation. If the response of a Soviet dictator was to end it, might we not be justified in doing the same?

The British Dare to Determine Who Is a Jew

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, 11.10.2009

Author of Shalom in the Home

The chutzpa of British judges. They are trying to alter the identity requirements of a three-and-half thousand year old faith that is the precursor of Christianity.

Ken Guest Interview (Part 3) -- With Afghanistan, the Devil is in the Details

Kathleen Wells, J.D., 11.10.2009

A blogger on politics and law who draws upon her political science and legal background

Ken Guest has been immersed in Afghanistan, since the inception of the Soviet - Afghan war. As an expert journalist and analyst, Guest has also cover...

Cold War's End -- The Wall Comes Down

Chris Weigant, 11.10.2009

Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)

The fall of The Wall signified the fall of the Soviet Union, and an end to the Cold War. And while this was of enormous historical import, I fear that future generations won't really pay much attention to it.

Parsis in Paris: Little Zizou in the Land of Zidane

Mira Kamdar, 11.09.2009

Author, Essayist, Aspiring Jazz Violinist

The film gets its name from the movie's protagonist, a motherless little boy who escapes both his self-absorbed and overbearing father by playing a computer soccer game featuring Zidane.

Remembering Kristallnacht in Berlin: The Story of Hans Riess

Stefan Sirucek, 11.09.2009

Independent journalist and foreign correspondent

The reason November 9 -- the day the Berlin Wall fell -- is not a national holiday in Germany, is that it also marks a much darker anniversary: Kristallnacht, the so-called "Night of Broken Glass."

EU Has its Finger on the Internet Privacy Button

Jarvis Coffin, 11.10.2009

CEO & President, Burst Media

The European Union is dangling the online advertising industry outside a window and threatening to drop it on its head over the issue of privacy.

People Power Brought Down the Berlin Wall

Sarah van Gelder, 11.09.2009

Co-Founder and Executive Editor of YES! Magazine, www.yesmagazine.org

Some argue that the Cold War was just too costly for the Soviet empire to maintain. But the wall couldn't have come down without a nonviolent people power uprising.

Berlin '89: When the Impossible Became Real

Joe Cirincione, 11.09.2009

President of Ploughshares Fund

I was in Berlin 20 years ago this week. I saw the impossible first-hand: the people of Germany taking down the Wall. Twenty years after, we are at another historic point. Domestically, we see it in issues like health care.

In Praise Of Slow Food

Carl Honore, 11.06.2009

Author, In Praise of Slowness

The bright news is that people all over the world are taking a slower approach to food -- and eating better as a result.

Sweden's Queen on "Fire Souls" -- Leaders in Child Protection

Jim Luce, 11.09.2009

Thought Leaders and Global Citizens

Ten years ago, Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden reached the point where she could no longer witness the appalling conditions of children around the ...

The Case for the Internet: A Human Right

David D. Burstein, 11.05.2009

Director and producer of the documentary film, 18 in '08.

Finland and France have declared internet access a legal right for all citizens. Here's why I hope the United States and all other countries will follow their and grant internet access as a human right.

American Exporters Bleeding to Death as Trade Deals Languish

Gary Shapiro, 11.05.2009

President & CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association

As the U.S. unemployment rate climbs toward 10 percent and the economy faces a lengthy and uncertain recovery process, Congress and the last two admin...

Shocker! GM Cancels Opel Sale, But Why?

Steve Parker, 11.05.2009

Journalist/Broadcaster covering the auto industry and auto racing for 35 years.

Unions are all-powerful in Europe, and GM dropping the sale and the resultant job losses could wind up looking like a huge defeat for Germany and the entire EU.

Why Developing Countries Cannot Afford Failure in Copenhagen

Brendan DeMelle, 11.05.2009

Freelance writer and researcher

In contrast to the developing world's clear, specific position, the E.U. seems to act as if these climate change negotiations just started, as if talks haven't been going on for years since Kyoto.

Internal Documents Reveal UK Officials Misled Parliament on Armenian Genocide

Harut Sassounian, 11.04.2009

Publisher of The California Courier, a weekly newspaper based in Glendale

A prominent legal expert, Mr. Geoffrey Robertson, exposed this week the false and inaccurate statements on the Armenian Genocide made by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Savitex: The All-New "Cannabinoid" Marijuana!

Jonathan Leigh Solomon, 11.08.2009

Pot Side Effect: Spending money on rolling papers. Savitex Side Effect: Discovering that by folding old rolling papers just so, you can create lovely origami.

Timidity Vs. Audacity? The Tests Are Yet to Come

Amb. Marc Ginsberg, 11.03.2009

Former US Amb. to Morocco

So far this year, there has been a tendency to vocalize intent and engage in convenient can-kicking, rather than actionable resolve. That's not timidity -- that's testing the state of the ship's rudder.

Changing the World by Changing the Gender Gap

Leslie Grossman, 11.02.2009

Cofounder, Women's Leadership Exchange, Author

There was good news and bad news in the Gender Gap Index. The good news is that the health and education gaps are being closed. The bad news is that the economic and political gaps are not.

Government Adviser Fired For Saying Alcohol Is More Dangerous Than Drugs

Allison Kilkenny, 11.01.2009

Radio host, writer, allisonkilkenny.com

In a continuation of the failed British and American "War on Drugs," the British government's chief drug adviser was fired after claiming that ecstasy and LSD are less dangerous than alcohol.

Russell Ackoff, "Einstein of Problem Solving," Has Died

Steven G. Brant, 11.01.2009

Developer of sustainable local, national, and international development strategies

Russell L. Ackoff, Professor Emeritus of The Wharton School, transformed the world of problem solving just as Albert Einstein transformed he world of science.