George Shultz

Cuba United Nations Vote Today: US Should Abstain

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics


Steve Clemons

Increasing numbers of national security leaders of the likes of Brent Scowcroft and George Shultz have said that the US embargo of Cuba makes no sense and harms American interests.

Former Sec. of State George Shultz: Quote Me - End the US-Cuba Embargo

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.08.2009 | World


Steve Clemons

Former Reagan Administration Secretary of Treasury and Secretary of State George Shultz thinks that the US embargo against Cuba should "simply be lifted."

Reigniting America's Human Rights Mojo

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


Rabbi Abraham Cooper

In Cairo, President Obama rightly said that the U.S. should not be in the business of imposing democracy, but can we be indifferent to those who seek to embrace it?

Is Cap and Trade Already Corrupt?

Blaise Zerega | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green


Blaise Zerega

2009-07-01-PLAYVIDEO.jpg Negative reactions to the proposed cap and trade system were voiced by Chevron CEO David O'Reilly and by former Secretary of State George Schultz.

North Korea Nuclear Test Raises the Stakes on Nuclear Abolition

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 06.29.2009 | World


Sarah van Gelder

As the world comes to terms with the dangerous possibilities of a nuclear-armed North Korea and Iran, perhaps the obligations of the current nuclear power to work towards abolition will get the attention required for action.

A New President and a New Generation Seek a Nuclear Weapons Free Future

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

A new generation of Evangelical Christians launched The Two Futures Project whose mission is "for the abolition of all nuclear weapons."

Trouble Buying That Illinois Senate Seat? (A Cheaper Alternative for Holiday Gift-Giving)

David Quigg | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics


David Quigg

I cannot be bought. Not for less than 20 bucks. So there's no need to worry that my judgment has been tainted by the fact that a publisher sent me a ...

Nukes, Nukes, and (Maybe) Fewer Nukes?

Conn Hallinan | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics


Conn Hallinan

The threat of nuclear proliferation will not end until all nations have given them up. And the danger of nuclear weapons will not disappear until the weak need no longer fear the strong.