House Passes Bombs-Not-Bread Bill To Spare Military, Cut Food Aid
WASHINGTON -- The House on Thursday passed its plan to spare the military's growing budget from mandatory cuts, instead slashing Medicaid, benefits fo...
WASHINGTON -- The House on Thursday passed its plan to spare the military's growing budget from mandatory cuts, instead slashing Medicaid, benefits fo...
Posted 05.04.2012
Dennis Quaid and third wife Kimberly Buffington-Quaid are reportedly calling off their divorce. Two months after filing to divorce her husband -- ...
Daniel Philpott | Posted 05.01.2012
Kony 2012 has garnered more than 100 million hits and has motivated viewers to support the arrest and trial of one of the world's most monstrous war criminals. What it misses, though, are the voices of ordinary Ugandans who have responded quite differently.
Christopher Atamian | Posted 04.24.2012
Turkey can delay, it can hem and haw and try to dissimulate, but the reality is that Armenians -- and their Greek and Assyrian counterparts -- have truth on their side; and as we have seen before in the course of human history, truth has a strange way of winning out, eventually.
Pamela Georgette, MFT, ATR | Posted 04.20.2012
I'm not sure if I should continue to try and make my marriage work when the option of divorce is still looming in the background. Am I getting my hopes up or should I continue to try until the ink on the paper is dry?
Donna Jean Freberg | Posted 05.12.2012
When I first heard that the rumor that Maria Shriver was considering getting back together with her estranged husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger, just the possibility reminded me of how complex our whole dynamic as human beings can be.
Luke Wilcox | Posted 04.01.2012
The relationship between America and Iraq (and America and the world) depends not only on our nation's actions, but also on the actions of our nation's communities.
Jonathan Guyer | Posted 03.11.2012
I sat down with Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, member of the The Palestine Liberation Organization's Executive Committee and discussed the PLO's strategies for 2012.
Reverend William E. Flippin, Jr. | Posted 03.11.2012
The Pharisees have questioned him about the law: "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" But Jesus redirects them back to God's heart for marriage. The question should be: "How can we be one flesh?"
Reverend William E. Flippin, Jr. | Posted 02.29.2012
The worst thing we take with us into the New Year is resentment against another. Forgiveness is not something we owe to each other. It is an act of worship to God.
Joan Casademont | Posted 05.17.2012
When my 91-year-old father lay dying in a Veterans Administration hospital on the other side of the continent, no one told me that I "should go," that I "had to go," or even that wanting to go was a reasonable idea.
The Huffington Post | Jennifer Lai | Posted 12.21.2011
Turns out that divorce may not be "the end" for many couples after all. According to one new study, a significant number of divorcing parents were ...
Sarah Sayeed, Ph.D. | Posted 12.13.2011
As an American, and as a Muslim, I have found an antidote in strategies and programs that presents an alternative to vilification, a third way toward peace-building and reconciliation.
Tihomir Kukolja | Posted 11.26.2011
How could talking about Jesus directly be constructive at a peace-building conference with participants from numerous faith backgrounds -- Muslim, Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, atheist and agnostic?
Marian Gibbon | Posted 11.23.2011
Publicly and privately, our conversations about the financial crisis have been, and continue to be, infused with sharp anger. To expect that ongoing anger to take no toll on our nation's spirit is naive.
Anil Mundra | Posted 11.15.2011
Having observed the 9/11 anniversary this week, it's worthwhile to pause and recall the multiple significances of September 11th, the birthdays and anniversaries that remind us of life and hope amidst tragedy.
Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 11.14.2011
Afghan and NATO forces ended a 24-hour attack by militants on the U.S. embassy and NATO headquarters in what has been a secure district in Kabul, raising new concerns about Afghanistan's security.
Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 11.12.2011
"One of the things that people don't appreciate is how dramatically far Afghanistan has come in the last ten years, in terms of the capacity for governance."
Marina Cantacuzino | Posted 11.11.2011
How is it possible to feel the humanity of a person who has systematically and brutally maimed or murdered innocent people for the sake of an ideology?
Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 11.07.2011
The United States and Afghanistan disagree on several points regarding a limited troop presence past 2014, starting with how binding the agreement should be.
Vicki Larson | Posted 10.13.2011
After confessing to his wife last year that he'd had flings with numerous women--he wasn't sure how many but guesstimated "about 10" in their five-yea...
Nathan Schneider | Posted 10.05.2011
When a country is shaken by violence, most people expect it to react in kind with force. So what about the most recent act of terrorism in the news -- Anders Behring Breivik's rampage in Norway?
Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 09.20.2011
One result of the downward slide in the U.S.-Pakistan relationship is that as Washington loses its leverage over Islamabad, New Delhi loses its ability to use U.S. leverage to influence Pakistan.
Susan F. Schwartz, L.C.S.W. | Posted 07.17.2011
In a YouTube video on March 28, 2011, Maria Shriver asked for advice from people going through transitions in their lives...
Vicki Larson | Posted 07.12.2011
You were in love. It didn't work out. You split. Then one day something happens -- maybe your parent dies or you get sick or you realize you're tired ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.10.2012