Biden's support for Mubarak in the face of his falling regime sends a powerful and unfortunate message to the Arab world that their freedoms are negotiable.
Richard Grenell
If you don't want war, then you had better be an advocate for diplomacy with muscle.
Altruism, especially involving basic freedoms, can be what shareholders value most.
I'm passionate about politics.
Imagine what Nigeria could do for Africa if it was also free of Boko Haram's violence.
While religious institutions should be able to pick and choose which unions they bless, civil governments should issue marriage licenses to all couples.
For decades, the liberal media eviscerated the Religious Right and other conservatives for their own attacks against liberal social causes. Over time, the media labeled anyone who didn't agree with the Left's world view as intolerant.
Tough decisions are never popular to make and even less popular to force upon the U.N.
Between 1961 and 1982, 'The Catcher in the Rye' was the most censored book in high schools and libraries in the United States. But all the talk about banning it made me rush out to find it.
Despite the debt, the traffic, the one-party rule, the taxes, and the eagerness of politicians to overwhelm small businesses and large corporate job producers with red tape and unnecessary regulations, the Golden State is still the most beautiful place to live and work in the United States.
Equal rights should not be a partisan political issue - so why are all gay leaders in one political party?
The Obama Doctrine is the first presidential strategy in history that is exclusively about communicating - not implementing - policy. The Obama Doctrine seems to be 'tweet with overwhelming force.'
Cancer taught my family that my mom is much stronger than we ever thought. Faced with a devastating diagnosis, she just kept going and living - never complaining.
Presidents and cabinet officials could send a strong message of accountability if they held senior appointees responsible for their performance.
Journalists undoubtedly have a duty to push, cajole, and aggressively maneuver around campaign handlers in order for the public to see a candidate unscripted.
While supporting human rights in another country is important, fighting for our own safety is crucial.
Hesitating and hand-wringing when confronted by violence discourages the human-rights activists on the front lines and emboldens the enemy.
We may never really know if 2004 Democratic presidential nominee and Senator John Kerry was President Obama's original choice to be Secretary of State or if he settled on Kerry after his first pick, Susan Rice, was forced out by her troublesome career and misleading statements on the Benghazi terrorist attack.
The big-ego temper tantrums of Wall Street's titans must be a concern for everyone on Wall Street. Bad behavior and manipulation of the markets must be called out by those in the industry concerned for its future.
While the Obama White House is completely incompetent and weak, they know how to spin everyday Americans.
I spent eight years at the U.N., so I understand that U.S. ambassadors have a lot of issues to cover.
The Obama doctrine of ignoring international issues and claiming it's none of the U.S.' business is a philosophy that has allowed Russia, Iran, and China to step up and take the lead.
Guilt by association is part of campaigning.
Speaking out and challenging the status quo is seldom cheered at the UN.
Nominating Susan Rice for Secretary of State is a mistake not just because of her Sunday show deceptions but because her tenure as America's representative to the U.N. has been unworthy of a promotion.
The Obama administration has been unable to call Jerusalem the capital of Israel because the Palestinians want to claim it as their capital in a future state.
The deplorable Syrian refugee crisis was created because Syrian President Bashar al-Assad started a war on his people, and the international community refused to confront him.
It's true that John Bolton would not win the most popular ambassador award at the U.N., but being popular shouldn't be the priority.
Too many members of the U.N. benefit from the status quo and won't make decisions for purely altruistic reasons.
Many developing nations have such severe debt and budget problems that the money given by developed nations will never be spent the way it is intended.
As political primaries approach, national media attention focuses on Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
Without American leadership at the U.N., countries just continue to talk and socialize and spend taxpayer dollars.
No one really disagrees that all of humanity has a responsibility to protect fellow citizens in a time of need.
While it has been mostly unreported, Mr. Trump has embraced the LGBT community like no other GOP nominee in history.
I think President Obama is weak, bored with the office, and an incompetent leader.
While other countries may espouse the liberal utopian dream of a global community, it's usually only to get the richer countries to pay more money for the world's problems.
While we all want the U.N. to live up to its original intent and be the place where the world comes together to solve international problems, the reality is the U.N. isn't all that different from any other political body. Countries and individuals play to the cameras, create good theatre, and negotiate selfishly.
I think what you are supposed to be when you are young is idealistic and passionate.
There is no way to expect one ambassador to cover all of the U.S. government's priority issues, and certainly there are a plethora of U.N. meetings that drag on with an unlimited number of speakers and no time limits.
Very few teachers or leaders in my small Michigan community ever discussed the issue of 'The Catcher in the Rye,' and certainly no one came to the 1951 Novel's defense.
'The Catcher in the Rye' was targeted by some schools as a book too risque to read and certainly not appropriate for young minds. My parents certainly would not have approved of the book, but I secretly read it when I was in 7th grade. I felt so rebellious, and my young mind loved it.
One of the reasons the American public holds unelected government officials in such low esteem is that they are never held accountable for their failures.
The next time a news outlet complains about the state of our political rhetoric or the uninformed U.S. voter, we should promptly point them to the video of Ashley Parker raucous in a Polish cemetery or Philip Rucker's diatribes on party invitations.
The case against Susan Rice has been building for years with little fanfare. Not surprising, the mainstream media reporters based at the U.N. have either ignored her mistakes or strategically covered them up.
Hillary Clinton's Russian re-set policy gave Moscow permission to go from privately challenging U.S. foreign policy to publicly moving military hardware into Syria to prop up Bashar al-Assad and annexing Crimea from Ukraine. And Donald Trump seems to support the idea that Putin will be Putin. It's enough to leave America's allies confused.
The Russian propaganda machine, even in the U.S., is not to be discounted.
Maybe Hillary Clinton was right in 2008 when she called Barack Obama 'naive' on foreign policy.
Boko Haram has pledged its allegiance and support to ISIS. The Northern Nigerian-based Islamic terrorist group wants Sharia law throughout Nigeria and beyond.
Wall Street, like every industry, has good and bad players.
In the past, liberals have competed to see who could shout the loudest to shut down the banks, ridicule success, and penalize anyone working in finance. In fact, the Occupy Wall Street movement was an aggressive liberal effort to shut down Wall Street banks.
