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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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March 25, 2011
Defense and Security
Is Operation Odyssey Dawn Constitutional? Obama Versus the Framers
I noted in a post earlier today that President Obama can make a credible legal case—if he were ever forced to make one—that he had all the authority he needed to order Operation Odyssey Dawn. But his…
July 27, 2011
Human Rights
Egypt: Her Excellency, Madame President?
Women show ink on their fingers after they cast their ballots in the second round of Egypt's parliamentary election in Egypt (Asmaa Waguih/Courtesy Reuters) My friend, Bassem Sabry, weighs in on the…
March 23, 2012
Friday File: Cherry Trees Blossom in Washington, DC
Above the Fold. Washington, DC, owes a huge debt of gratitude to Tokyo. It was one hundred years ago next Tuesday that Japan’s largest city gave our nation’s capital 3,000 cherry trees to plant along…
April 13, 2012
Education
President Bill Clinton on Inequality, Exports, and America's Future
Former President Bill Clinton has always had an impressive ability to explain complicated issues in a way that leaves his audience thinking, “duh, of course”--even if they’d never quite had the same …
December 4, 2012
International Organizations
UN Control of the Internet? An Idea Whose Time Will Never Come
The Persian Gulf is receiving plenty of press this week, as climate negotiators debate in Doha and political turmoil buffets Bahrain. But another important drama is unfolding in Dubai, where more tha…
