During the week of Jan. 4, two horrific terrorist attacks took place. In one, a total of 17 people were killed at the Paris offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in an isolated (albeit horrible)...

“I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.” Given the recent tragedy in France, this well-known quote by the philosopher Voltaire has become...

Drilled into the heads of civics and government students from day one is the concept of “separation of powers,” an essential part of the U.S. government. However, during the past two years, the 113th...

In a monumental decision on Nov. 12, the world’s two largest economic superpowers came to an agreement to prevent further environmental degradation due to carbon emissions. In this agreement, Chinese...

Profuse bleeding, severe headaches, vomiting, fever and internal hemorrhaging: Why shouldn’t you be scared? In just the past several weeks, the word Ebola has been used more than it had since at...

During the last four years I’ve been to Turkey three times, volunteered at a refugee camp twice, and crossed the Syrian border once. I’ve seen people who’ve faced war and death time after time as...