China's Horrid One Child Policy Continues

Nicole Kempton, 01.07.2010

Washington Director, Laogai Research Foundation

There have recently been increasing calls for the world to take a look at China's One Child Policy as a model for how to reduce population growth. These calls are severely misguided.

Obama's A Wimp, Even to a Yellow Dog Dem Like Me

Sandy Goodman, 01.06.2010

Sandy Goodman, a retired producer for NBC Nightly News, is a freelance writer.

As you can tell, after a year of Obama, I'm for him, but not with any real enthusiasm. Nice fella. Good talker. But I'm afraid he's deserving of a descriptive word once applied to the first George Bush. Obama is a wimp.

Hillary Clinton: Commie Symp?

John Feffer, 01.06.2010

Co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus

Hillary Clinton is a commie symp. That's a familiar line from the rabid right, which hasn't yet gotten the news that the Cold War is over. I just didn't expect the Washington Post to make the same argument.

Answering to a Higher Authority: Ethics and the Kosher Butcher

Elissa Altman, 01.04.2010

Founder of PoorMansFeast.com

How could New Square Meats, which is itself affiliated with the Skver Hasidim, so obviously flout not only the religious dietary laws that they are supposed to be adhering to, but government regulations as well?

Best and Worst, From Sarah Palin to The Sopranos

Taylor Marsh, 01.02.2010

Political analyst, commentator, with foreign policy focus

The year is over. The decade done. Here are the best and worst of 2009 and of the decade, the biggest winners and the biggest losers.

Congo: New Year, New Ops, Same Questions, Same Fears

Georgianne Nienaber, 01.02.2010

Investigative journalist, searcher, and author

The notoriously failed Kimia II operation in eastern Congo has ended today, December 31. Soundly and forcefully criticized by Human Rights groups for...

If It Is Astoria, It Must Be Opa! Forty Years of Greek Cuisine with Perdika Zevlakis

Jim Luce, 01.03.2010

Thought Leaders and Global Citizens

Opa! Souvlaki Restaurant, Astoria, Queens, New York City Since 1969, the year man walked on the moon, Opa! Souvlaki Restaurant of Astoria, Queens, h...

A New Year's Resolution for France- Put Albert Camus In The Pantheon

Eric Ehrmann, 12.28.2009

Writes on sports and global issues from Brazil. He is a member of PEN.

While the left snivels over the literary Camus, the compte rendu on the author is that of an individual who touched the world in an effort to promote the universal rights of man implicit in the French social contract.

Natural Home and Michelle Obama Love Decoupage Ornaments

Robyn Griggs Lawrence, 12.28.2009

Editor-in-chief, Natural Home Magazine

When we chose projects from the Natural Home arsenal to decorate the president's guest house, we had no idea we were so in tune with the Obama family's ideas. We were all thinking decoupage.

Could a Hillary Clinton Avatar Save Congo?

Georgianne Nienaber, 12.28.2009

Investigative journalist, searcher, and author

The world will never dispatch a savior to Congo who, like the paraplegic Marine Jake in the James Cameron epic Avatar, will damn self-serving interests and decide to protect a unique world and complicated society.

My 2009 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]

Chris Weigant, 12.26.2009

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

Welcome once again to our year-end wrap-up and awards ceremony. Honesty dictates that I immediately genuflect to The McLaughlin Group, from whom I have stolen all these award categories.

Missing Ted Kennedy: Health Care Reform Package Would Have Been So Different

Steve Clemons, 12.24.2009

Publisher of "The Washington Note"

Obama's victory ahead in signing major health care legislation would have been cleaner, stronger, better with Ted Kennedy at his side.

CIA Operative Demands Spy Agency Protect Her Cover

Jeff Stein, 12.23.2009

SpyTalk Columnist

What good is a cover story if the U.S. government won't back it up? That's essentially the question former CIA officer Sabrina DeSousa is asking a fe...

Making His List, Checking It Twice

Bruce Kluger & David Slavin, 12.23.2009

Regular contributors to National Public Radio’s All Things Considered

Just when Barack Obama thought his toughest decisions were behind him--his Afghanistan strategy, tackling unemployment, what to say to Tiger Woods i...

Finding Hope Amid Despair in Copenhagen

David Kroodsma, 12.18.2009

Hopenhagen Ambassador and HuffPost's citizen journalist at the UN Climate Change Conference

Al Gore reminded us today of how far we've come. He recalled that in Kyoto, only one head of state was in attendance. Now over 160 arrived to negotiate.

White House Guests See Green at Blair House and State Department Magazine Holiday Design Showcase Reception

Robyn Griggs Lawrence, 12.17.2009

Editor-in-chief, Natural Home Magazine

We were one of six magazines invited to decorate rooms at the U.S. State Department and Blair House, the president's guest house--and we had to get gorgeous, green decor installed by December 4

Report From Copenhagen

Rep. Diana DeGette, 12.17.2009

U.S. Representative from Colorado

We told a delegation from India that no agreement can occur without transparency in reporting progress by the developing world. Without the ability to verify, what good is an agreement?

Obama and Clinton Fight International Parental Kidnappings

Edward Lozzi, 12.17.2009

Last month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton publicly voiced her support and threw the weight of her office behind a Hague parental kidnapping case of a boy kidnapped by his mother four years ago.

Pakistani-Americans: A Chance for "These People" to Make a Difference

Rob Asghar, 12.18.2009

Fellow, USC Center on Public Diplomacy

As a Pakistani-American, and presumably one of "these people," I believe that my people have perhaps one last, best chance to define who we are, before Glenn Beck and jihadists do it for us.

Green News Report -- December 17, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen, 12.17.2009

Co-Hosts, Green News Report

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: COP15 Cop-out? Copenhagen climate talks stalled in the last days -- or are they? Our special coverage continues... PLUS: A...

Why is My Party So Spineless?

Andy Ostroy, 12.17.2009

New York City-based political analyst

When will Democrats learn who they're battling? When will the party finally wise up and fight to the death for what it believes in?