Is National Defense The New Foreign Policy?

Editor’s Note: This is a commentary on the third presidential debate from our contributor Ad Faulkner. -M.P.  Were you as excited about the last debate as I was? Probably not, I was so excited about the Foreign policy debate, then it happened and all of my excitement turned into disappointment. Not because of either candidate [...]

Check The Record: After Thoughts On The Third Presidential Debate

The third and final presidential debate of the 2012 election cycle has ended. It was completely about foreign policy, and dealt with Libya, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, among many other places. From the very beginning, President Obama gained the upper hand. Coming off of a very strong performance in the second debate, his goal was to [...]

President Morsi, The Middle East, and Portents of the Next War

In a recent interview with The New York Times Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi gave the United States—and whoever is sitting in the Oval Office after the 2012 election—an earful that many Americans are probably not going to be comfortable hearing. Essentially what Mr. Morsi—the first democratically elected leader of Egypt since the ousting of Mubarak—had [...]

Housewives Vs. First Ladies

The first Real Housewives series, The Real Housewives of Orange County, premiered in March 2006.  Since then they have added a city by city rendition and we have watched the dramatism of their urban lives play out on television season after season.  The portrayal of women in reality TV gives the wrong impression. It reinforces stereotypes of women [...]

African Liberation Day 2012

On May 25th, African Liberation Day is known as an international date to acknowledge the end of colonialism in Africa. Originally, this day began with the conference of independent African states held in Ghana back in 1958. It is meant as a day to reflect and chronicle the progress of African nations towards freedom. Just [...]