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A Month After the Boston Bombings: What Public Health Can Offer

A Month After the Boston Bombings: What Public Health Can Offer

05.13.2013
If you ask the question, "What does public health have to do with response to and recovery from the Boston Marathon bombing and to terrorism...

Nuclear Terror in the Middle East

05.13.2013
Iranian cities -- owing to geography, climate, building construction, and population densities -- are particularly vulnerable to nuclear...
Holder Claims Critics 'Are Simply Wrong'

Holder Claims Critics 'Are Simply Wrong'

05.11.2013
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder says those who argue that civilian courts are incapable of handling terrorism cases "are...
So, No More Disneyland in the 'Age of Terrorism'?

So, No More Disneyland in the 'Age of Terrorism'?

05.10.2013
Dangers exist everywhere. They existed before the Boston Marathon bombing and will exist, likely and unfortunately, for the rest of time....
Tunisian Man Charged In NY In Terror Cell Plot

Tunisian Man Charged In NY In Terror Cell Plot

05. 9.2013
NEW YORK — A Tunisian man accused of radicalizing a Canadian resident charged in a plot to derail a train has been charged with trying...

The Case for American Intervention in Syria

05. 9.2013
America's motives for intervening in Syria, as they were in World War II, might be a mix of humanitarian ideals and selfish agendas, but...

Will Palestinian Negotiations Tactics Work?

05. 9.2013
One of the hardest decisions that a political leader has to take is when to engage in negotiations and when to refrain. This has been the...
When 'Homeland Security' Keeps Us From Encountering God

When 'Homeland Security' Keeps Us From Encountering God

05. 8.2013
To arm ourselves to the teeth and make self-protection our greatest value makes it harder to love, at least to love those most different...

Dancing to the beat of a new drum twelve years after 9/11

05. 8.2013
Endy Bayuni Jakarta - The Western and Muslim worlds drifted apart in the wake of 9/11. The 11 September 2001 suicide hijackings in the...

It's Time to Delist Cuba

05. 8.2013
Characterizing Cuba as a terrorist state--and more generally implying that the island in any way poses any threat to U.S. security--hinders...
Reevaluating the Usefulness of Predator Drone Strikes: A Bostonian Perspective

Reevaluating the Usefulness of Predator Drone Strikes: A Bostonian Perspective

05. 8.2013
While there is no such thing as an excusable killing of a civilian, these statistics, and the constant pressure to prevent further terror...

The War on Terror Is Over...But Osama Bin Laden Won.

05. 7.2013
Committing atrocities is one thing, but institutionalizing them with the full imprimatur of the US government is another, and a more definitive...

The Burden of Anti-Terror Security

05. 7.2013
"Boston exposes antiterror frailties," says the Washington Post. Last Thursday, I arrived early for a breakfast meeting at a New York...
Boston Strong: The Athens of America

Boston Strong: The Athens of America

05. 7.2013
Once again, the people of Boston demonstrated, individually and collectively, that they are a true beacon of hope and inspiration for the...