In the wake of the Gabrielle Gifford shooting, the University of Arizona, through its School of Government and Public Policy, has set up the National Institute for Civil Discourse to help focus on political disagreements. The director, Brint Milward explained that “In a great democracy, it’s important for people to hold fast to principles, but…

In Iran they’re trying to pass a law to outlaw dog ownership. A key reason is that it is too Western. As someone who grew up in a Moslem country, it is difficult for me to think of Moslems as irrational. Rather it would seem this as other laws past or future is politically motivated.…

Judge Richard Goldstone is a respected South African jurist who authored the “Goldstone Report”, which detailed the investigation of the Israeli military campaign in Gaza at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009. It became a controversial report, so much so Judge Goldstone had trouble not long after it was issued attending his…