The World Spends $40 Billion

Let Me Be Clear: I'm A Believer In A Robust Military, Which Is Essential For Backing Up Diplomacy. But The Implication Is That We Need A Balanced Tool Chest Of Diplomatic And Military Tools Alike. Instead, We Have A Billionaire Military And A Pauper Diplomacy. The U.s. Military Now Has More People In Its Marching Bands Than The State Department Has In Its Foreign Service - And That's Preposterous.

I Think It's Dangerous To Be Optimistic.

If Only Women Are Talking About Women's Rights, Then The Issue Has Failed From The Start. If You Think About The Holocaust, That Wasn't Just A Jewish Issue. Civil Rights Weren't Just A Black Issue.

Conservatives, Who Have Presumed That The Key To Preventing Aids Is Abstinence-only Education, And Liberals, Who Have Focused On Distribution Of Condoms, Should Both Note That The Intervention That Has Tested Most Cost-effective In Africa Is Neither... Secular Bleeding Hearts And Religious Bleeding Hearts Will Have To Forge A Common Cause.

America's Education System Has Become Less A Ladder Of Opportunity Than A Structure To Transmit Inequity From One Generation To The Next.