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TheNew York Timesrecentlyrevealedthat the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has been snooping on the phone data of private citizens going all the way back to 1987 through a secret program known as the Hemisphere Project. Since 2007, theDEAhas had routine access to private information on all U.S. citizens, to give …

The spectacle in Congress yesterday was both edifying and terrifying. Convincing explanations for why America must take the lead in a military strike against Syria provided clear reminders that ours is the one indispensable nation. Unless America stands up to genocidal maniacs, the world will go dark. At the same …

Student debt is a front-line issue for many students and families. While multiple studies clearly show that a college degree is the surest path to increasing employment and earnings potential, many young Americans are concerned— rightfully so—about successfully managing their student loans. Thankfully, students and families can draw on the …

There has been a lot of discussion in the news media about the fact that the George Zimmerman trial is really a story of white on black (white man with a gun, black victim). It is generally understood by many analysts that the public fascination with the case is really …

The revelation that the National Security Agency (NSA) has secured a court order directing Verizon to provide it with call data has sparked controversy. And, rightly so. If the order is genuine (and nobody has denied that it is), it reflects a significant expansion of America’s surveillance apparatus – one …

President Barack Obama is the most powerful black man in America. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is the second most powerful black man in America. I know both men. It is fair to describe Justice Thomas as an introvert. It is fair to say President Obama is very reserved, often …

When the Newtown shooting took the lives of 20 children, the nation was justifiably horrified. Journalists reported round the clock on ways to change public policy to prevent another shooting. But when seven children and a mother died in a Philadelphia abortion clinic dubbed a “house of horrors,” the major …

As President Obama touches down in Israel on Wednesday, he will not be stumbling into a morally neutral landscape somewhere between the Hatfields and the McCoys.Instead, the ticket to wading successfully into the Arab-Israeli conflict is to hold fast to a moral compass of inalienable rights, starting with equality, and …

A video has been making the rounds of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., getting non-answers from various regulators during her first Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing. Warren asked a very simple question to the various regulators— “Can you identify the last time when you took the Wall Street banks …

Millions of people are caught up in the debate about Lance Armstrong’s interview with Oprah, and some of those conversations are about whether or not to forgive. Christian tradition teaches that God does indeed forgive, but when it comes to the media and the public, it can be another matter …