The assumption must be that animals are moral until proven otherwise. Not the other way around.
Paul Begala | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics
If 3,000 Americans had been killed on your watch, in an attack that could have been prevented, perhaps you'd be a little hesitant to accuse anyone else of endangering America.
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics
The enduring question is whether a small group of people in power have the right to redefine the nature of America's core values and ideals through policy decisions made under the cover of secrecy.
Keith Thomson | Posted 10.29.2009 | World
A former CIA operations officer told me that Al Qaeda members are "happy" with the new U.S. policy that essentially has opened our interrogation playbook to them.
Bob Franken | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics
I can see why our intelligence officials were so opposed to the release of those memos. Without a doubt, they were embarrassed. Not by the admissions...
Gerald Sindell | Posted 05.18.2009 | Living
If we use a system of thinking that works for us time and again, eventually we will internalize it. We will be the same person, but we will be different. We will truly be able to think brilliantly.
Christine Whelan | Posted 05.09.2009 | Living
This downturn could end up being a turning point in work-life gender equality: As more women earn higher degrees and income, we could create a whole new dynamic of money and power in relationships.
Dennis Van Roekel | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics
Many students from poor backgrounds -- like Jamal from Slumdog Millionaire -- fare poorly on standardized tests, but that doesn't mean they aren't intelligent.
Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics
Freeman may be gone, but the rancor left behind by the gutting of his nomination will not go away quickly.
Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics
Freeman remarked that of 3 major changes to effectively combat terror, one was that "the United States should implement a national identity system, so we better know who is who."
Keith Thomson | Posted 03.30.2009 | World
I recently asked an intelligence source: what's being done to thwart Iran? His answer: penetration of the Iranian nuclear apparatus at the highest levels. The CIA is trying. The Mossad is more successful.
Eric C. Anderson | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics
It's time for Congress to hold the intelligence community accountable and Senator Leahy may be offering just the means to accomplish that task.
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Eric C. Anderson | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics
Bloat and redundancy have turned the intelligence community into a full-time "make-work" program for approximately 70,000 federal employees and over 30,000 contractors.
Dan Agin | Posted 02.25.2009 | Living
The idea that all "native-born English-speaking people in the United States" develop and live in the same culture is anthropological nonsense.
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics
Are you frustrated by all the "we need to look forward, not backward" language from Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders? Well, now you can do something about it.
The Progress Report | Posted 02.06.2009 | Home
To receive The Progress Report in your email inbox everyday, click here. Yesterday, press reports indicated that President-elect Obama had decided on...
William Bradley | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics
To say Panetta is a Clinton retread is to ignore his actual background. He comes out of a tradition which is almost forgotten today, that of the liberal Republican.
Adele Stan | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics
As a former Ms. staffer myself, I feel betrayed by Elaine Lafferty's stumping for Palin, who, taking advantage of an opening won by the efforts of feminists, would set back women's rights by decades.
AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — U.S. spy agencies spent $47.5 billion in fiscal year 2008, $4 billion more than in the previous budget year, according to National ...
Frank Naif | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home
It's hard to imagine that the McCain-Palin vision of a toughened, empowered intelligence community will be somehow more respectful of the rights of Americans than our current state of affairs.
Pam Atherton | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home
I don't want someone who believes their biggest asset is that they know what it's like to shop at WalMart and take their kids to hockey practice in a mini-van. How will that help in negotiations and diplomatic missions with other heads of state?
AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's army chief named a general considered a hawk in the fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban to head the country'...
Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 10.30.2008 | Living
One of the most endearing parts of Steve Pavlina's personal development system is that it works for anyone, anywhere, any time a human wants to take control of her or his life.
Washington Post | Joby Warrick and Walter Pincus | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics
An intelligence forecast being prepared for the next president on future global risks envisions a steady decline in U.S. dominance in the coming decad...
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living