GUEST COMMENTARY: New means of communication reshaping lives, societies

Communication technologies, especially social media, have made it possible for all of us, especially for those in power, to transmit ideas and information to billions of people around the world simultaneously and instantaneously. For the first time in human history, these technologies have c…

GUEST COMMENTARY: A perfect storm in the Middle East

Speaking at a recent international security conference, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said: "The region is being battered by a perfect storm of powerful trends." This raging storm, fomented by the autocratic governments' suppression of basic human rights, needs and freedom expressi…

GUEST COMMENTARY: Teaching and learning in the digital age

Robot teachers, eCourses, eDegrees, eClassrooms, eTextbooks and virtual campuses are altering the concept of teaching and learning and transitioning us to a brand new era with unforeseeable challenges and opportunities.

Obama needs to make U.S. cooperate with other nations

America, it seems, often reaches for a great man when one is needed most: Abraham Lincoln (who, like Barack Obama, was a lawyer from Illinois) taking over on the brink of Civil War, and Franklin Roosevelt taking the helm at the time of the Great Depression.

Free press is vital to protect human rights

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, in 2007, more than 500 reporters were harassed, gagged or arrested around the world. Of that number, 127 remain imprisoned in 24 countries, including China, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, and Azerbaijan. Freedom to communicate is one of the fundamenta…

America's good deeds are overlooked elsewhere

"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."

There are many consequences of war in Iraq

Today, we are witnessing the hostile takeover of nations and their natural resources by a military force that lacks the legal, ethical or moral right to do so.