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Preparing for the Next Boston Bombing

Preparing for the Next Boston Bombing

04.25.2013
Over a decade after 9/11, many of our communities have become more prepared to deal with the threat of a terrorist attack or crisis situation...
The Boston Terrorists and the American Social Fabric

The Boston Terrorists and the American Social Fabric

04.25.2013
One of the central challenges in fighting terrorism is vigilantly maintaining our open societies, public events and civic life in spite...
Rights Groups, Senate Demand Answers on Drones

Rights Groups, Senate Demand Answers on Drones

04.25.2013
How many people have been killed and wounded as a result of drone strikes and how many civilians? What are the existing processes to prevent...

Chasing Infinity

04.24.2013
In mainstream media and culture, indeed, there's no such thing as "causes." The concept is just too complicated, unless "illegal immigration"...

The Boston Marathon and Social Media: What If a Terrorist Act Goes Against the Whole World?

04.24.2013
Has terrorism finally reached a tipping point? When a terrorist act goes against all of us, every country on Earth has a stake in stopping...

How to Make a Bomb in 7 Easy Steps

04.24.2013
In the end, the only reason you need to not build a bomb is what is does to you. It is soul-killing to be a murderer. You want to do something...
Parent Alert: Danger of Kids Heroizing the Alleged Boston Bomber Brothers

Parent Alert: Danger of Kids Heroizing the Alleged Boston Bomber Brothers

04.24.2013
Comic books, computer games and toys are rife with heroes and villains -- "good" and "evil" characters. But the real-life story of the...

Al Qaeda -- in *%$#* Iran?! (A Five-Point Guide to Understanding the Links Between This Global Terror Threat and the Islamic Republic of Iran)

04.24.2013
Many surmised that the degree of nuance required to understand the possible links of Al Qaeda operatives in Iran would make many heads...
America's Response To Tragedy

America's Response To Tragedy

04.24.2013
We miss the point entirely if we allow the acts of extremists to force us into our own respective corners. They win if in response to their...

From Dream to Wasteland: Boston Bombers and the Denial of America's Grandeur

04.24.2013
Though I have moved far from my own refugee past -- I've become an American writer and journalist -- I never underestimate the speed with...
Profiling Helps the Terrorists

Profiling Helps the Terrorists

04.24.2013
Just as the appalling alleged acts of Jared Loughner, James Holmes, Adam Lanza, Timothy McVeigh and others do not represent their entire...

The Boston Tragedy Reveals the Need for Community-Based Counterterrorism Strategies

04.24.2013
It is true that not all terrorist acts in the United States can be avoided, and unfortunately more will succeed. But by incorporating voluntary,...
It's Time to Reconsider U.S. Policies That Create Terrorists

It's Time to Reconsider U.S. Policies That Create Terrorists

04.24.2013
There is one change that the United States could make in response to the terrorism threat that is never discussed. That is to consider...

The Era of Homegrown Islamic Terror

04.24.2013
The shocking events that began with the Patriots Day bombings and ended with a hail of gunfire on Friday night in Watertown, Massachusetts...