Our national leaders tend to try to protect the national interest as they see it. They may screw up in that, but they at least see that as their role. In contrast, where issues of our national values are involved, which covers pretty much any humanitarian issue, they pretty much drop the ball.

If President Bush is serious about genocide, an immediate priority is to stop the cancer of Darfur from spreading further, which means working with France to shore up Chad and the Central African Republic.

The conflict in Darfur could escalate to where we're seeing 100,000 victims per month

It's important not to demonize [Donald's] Trump voters.

The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.

In general, talking about human rights tends to be very persuasive for people who care about human rights.

Isn't it time to talk not only about weather, but also about climate?