Now is the time for the president to admit his call for expanded offshore drilling was a mistake. It's time for him to find his greatness.
Here are some profiles of the revolution at work - people and ideas that came onto my radar recently.
No matter who you vote for, they have to be pushed for every inch of progress, every last line of policy. We can force an end to this bloody and expensive war in Afghanistan. But it takes a lot more than voting to achieve it.
We can either quickly educate the general populace about the coming devolution, or initiate this climate change revolution.
Aung San Sun Kyi, Nelson Mandela, Chief Joseph, Harvey Milk -- teach us! Revolution aint what it used to be.
It is time for a revolution. Government does not work for regular people. It appears to work quite well for big corporations, banks, insurance compa...
New York is at a precipice of sorts. Looking back over the political history of the state, it's completely unique. Sure, there were the Draft Riots of...
If there was one issue I was absolutely certain that all Americans agreed upon, it was this: we are, uniformly and emphatically, opposed to extremists flying planes into our buildings. I was wrong.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — First there was an empty field. Then came rows of makeshift tents. Now those camps are turning into shanty towns –...
I recently found myself involved in a discussion with a 20-year-old friend about how striptease could be an empowering experience for a woman and how it could also be completely free of sexual content.
Freedom can not be delivered from the front seat of someone else's Humvee. You have to end our involvement in Afghanistan now. If you don't, you'll have no choice but to return the prize to Oslo.
Instead of focusing on January1 as the arbitrary stop/start date for my personal transformation, I concentrated on developing a reasonable plan for implementing real change in my life.
Outside of Yugoslavia, I think Romania in the 60's was among the luckier of the countries in the communist world. But unlike Yugoslavians, we were not free to travel or express ourselves so openly.
The damaged caused over decades in communist and post-communist Romania has left scars still visible today, evident in the lack of self-respect, trust and hope among the people.
In case you haven't noticed, Twitter has made headlines recently as a platform for passionate people to effect social change. In April, the presiden...
A man wearing civilian clothes was firing a Kalashnikov right next to us, aiming up at a building. We were herded again to another position and we ran, jumping over pools of blood.
Today's curfew lift will reveal much. If the majority of the country remains quiet and orderly there might be a mellowing of the situation. If clashes erupt, the crisis will spiral.
Gunfire, the smell of burning tires, and tear gas woke me up Tuesday morning. Tegucigalpa's Palmira neighborhood erupted into violence at around 5 AM.
The 21st century has seen a major deterioration in Arab nationalism. Major pan-Arab movements have either been disgraced or have proven ineffective.
With increasing accounts of rape, torture, forced confessions and skewed judicial proceedings, the Iranian government is losing any credibility it had left, including any legitimate claim to Islam.
Why have Pakistanis endured decades of bad politics and their violent consequences? Why do they watch their leaders play a foolhardy game with the Taliban? Can they not do more?
Revolutions start with powerful ideas. The mode of transmission is secondary.
With each death at the hands of the regime, a martyr is born, and with each martyr, the seed of revolution is planted.
Last night, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) gave a short talk and Q&A at at the National Press Club about his book "Saving Freedom." DeMint told a room of ar...
I have watched with increasing dismay as "the system" manages to re-establish itself after the ripple of the Obama election.
