"Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary." Mahatma Gandhi, 'Satyagraha Leaflet No. 13,' May 3, 1919

As hopes of peace ring through the world in preparation for a New Year, Israel is massing tanks on the border of Gaza. For three days, the Israeli...

President-elect Obama says Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich should step down after trying to sell his Senate seat. Actually, the governor should not pass go and park his large black SUV right in front of his new home -- jail. Haven't we all had enough of these politicians using their offices...

Anyone who has not heard that Senator Hillary Clinton is being considered for Secretary of State is definitely living under a rock. Every media station and pundit is weighing in on this decision. They say it is "restorative." It is a "gesture" from the Obama camp "healing" campaign wounds. "Everybody"...

Move over Hillary and John: there's a real leader in the house.

Barack Obama gave the speech of his life.

It wasn't just a speech, but a heartfelt look at one of the toughest issues in America. His speech addressed the ills within the hearts of people, so that they...

On November 27, 2007, the Israelis and Palestinians wrapped up the latest round of peace talks in Annapolis, Maryland. Once again, the parties agreed to agree to talk about peace.

The parties talked and talked -- again -- about an Israeli evacuation from the West Bank and Gaza, about...

Millionaires are heading to the White House, says The New York Times.

Too bad. I'd rather vote for a billionaire, but there's still no word on whether Mayor Michael Bloomberg will join the presidential race. And I'm not holding my breath.

So once again, I'm enduring another race...

Tragically, it has come to light that over 20,000 of our young soldiers are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with traumatic brain injury or TBI. Some cases are quite severe, while others show only minor symptoms.

Often there are clear indicators that are misunderstood. Victims sometimes cry or become...

Palestinian state, Palestinian state, Palestinian state. Yes, Condi Rice said it three times, fast. Now I challenge the rest of us to stand up and support it. Although she and others continue to say, "Now is the time," in reality this peace agreement is long overdue - like by about...

While the fires burn in Southern California and thousands of Americans are left homeless, our leaders turn, look at them and refocus their eyes instead on a new war within the Middle East. Neither devastating fire nor flood is enough cause for U.S leadership to reshuffle priorities. War seems to...

Blackwater CEO Erik Prince recently told Congress that his company wasn't at fault for killing 20 Iraqis. I beg to differ: it is your fault. But our entire government also shares the blame.

In Afghanistan and Iraq, incidents like this are hardly new, and will probably continue to occur. The...

The United Nations released a report in August stating that this year's poppy crop in Afghanistan has risen 64 percent. In light of this the U.S. is, again, compartmentalizing its problem solving strategy into one basket. It just wants to nuke -- or sorry, I mean -- drench the yield...

The presidents of Iran and the U.S. had the longest p-ing match in recent memory and I am still confused as to who won. If you look at time alone, Ahmadinejad won hands down. He not only got about a week of unprecedented media coverage during his visit, but he...

Here we go again.

Some Americans are beating the tattered war drums. This time, the well-worn tom-toms are being pounded by Senator Joseph Lieberman, who stridently argues for an attack on Iran. Apparently, the distinguished Senator from Connecticut doesn't think the Middle East is messy enough, so he'd...