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Abstract: In arguing that a bust of Joseph Stalin did not belong at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va., Michael Gerson sounded — paradoxically...
Abstract: Anne Applebaum made a unique and plausible argument for the recent Swiss vote in her Dec. 8 op-ed, "In Switzerland, towers of fear." It is...
Abstract: No matter how often Gen. David H. Petraeus has said that we can't shoot or kill our way to victory in Iraq (and presumably in Afghanistan...
Abstract: National Transportation Safety Board member Debbie Hersman had some high-profile exposure this week ahead of an anticipated Senate confirmation...
Abstract: Regarding the June 4 editorial "Another Summer in Georgia": Three additional points can help clarify how to avoid renewed...
Abstract: Jihad. The word inspires fear in Western minds. Jihad means extremist Muslims blowing themselves up in crowded markets in order to kill as many...
Abstract: Excerpt:For a swath of the population in Bolivia in particular and the region more generally, the U.S. government is, at a visceral level, an enemy...
Abstract: Report Discusses Concerns, IdeasArlington County is a diverse, inclusive community. It says so right atop its Web site: "A diverse, inclusive,...
Abstract: Having visited Tskhinvali several times in the past decade as a scholar and practitioner of conflict resolution, I sorrowfully view the outbreak of...
Abstract: Reporting about Israel and the Middle East is an important but thankless task. A Middle East reporting assignment means catching flak from pro-Israel...
Abstract: Pentagon prosecutors have charged an alleged al-Qaeda operative with capital murder in helping to plan the 1998 attack on the U.S. Embassy in...
Abstract: While the record of the transport of that Austrian Jewish couple on their way to their killing is correct, their names had already been tainted by...
Abstract: The March 20 editorial "Fantasies on Iraq" bemoaned the lack of clarity and the unspecific nature with which Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary...
Abstract: Each week, more than 50 figures from the world of faith engage in a conversation about some aspect of religion in "On Faith," an Internet...
Abstract: In the West, "A Mufti, a Christian and a Rabbi ..." is often how a good interfaith joke begins. But I live inside this reality. I am a...
Abstract: Harold Meyerson has long been one of the Left's most trenchant and interesting political analysts, but his artful juxtaposition of Ralph Nader and...
Abstract: James Mann's review of Samantha Power's Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World (Book World, Feb. 10) suggests to...
Abstract: The death of Indonesia's former president Suharto reminds us of the end of a bloody era, but a more pernicious foreign policy practice persists: that...
Abstract: I was troubled by the anthropomorphization of the economy in Neil Irwin's Jan. 17 front-page story, "An Economy's Mixed Message on Suffering....
Abstract: We Americans like to think of ourselves as strong, rugged and supremely confident -- a nation of Marlboro Men and Marlboro Women, minus the...
Abstract: On a recent day in a remote part of Mason Neck, George Mason University officials gathered on a small outcropping above a glittering bay on the...
Abstract: In his review of three books dealing with the war on terror as possible "blowback" from U.S. policies (Book World, Oct. 21), Fawaz A....
Abstract: Frank G. Kauffman was teaching a course in social work at Missouri State University in 2005 when he gave an assignment that sparked a lawsuit and...
Abstract: In his review of Gary Berntsen and Ralph Pezzullo's Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and al-Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field...
Abstract: The Oct. 24 front-page article "Realco guns tied to 2,500 crimes in D.C. and Maryland" showed the need for deterrents for straw purchases....
Abstract: Ira Chaleff’s plea for members of the U.S. Congress to mitigate their proclivities toward gridlock [“Congress’s tragedy of the...
Abstract: Sylvia Moreno's Oct. 24 Metro article, "Poverty Rate Grows Amid an Economic Boom," demonstrated that the economic revitalization strategy...
Abstract: Between Afghanistan and America, situated at the crossroads of Eastern-Western civilization, lies a low-key ally in the fight against religious...
Abstract: It is ironic that Amish and Mennonites --arguably some of the least politically active Christian sects in America -- settled in some of the most...
Abstract: In pursuing politics in Washington, and as a senior congressional staffer, I am the odd one out in my extended family: many, if not most, of my...
Abstract: The Post couldn’t be more right in reproaching Metro for its proposal to cut back bus service in parts of Anacostia [“The wrong route,...
Abstract: Of the two rivers that cup our nation’s capital — the Potomac and the Anacostia— the latter of the two is, perhaps, the most apt...
Abstract: There is much to laud in the recently released film “Lincoln,” and Participant Media, which produced the film, points a principled way...
Abstract: If anyone thinks that the Discovery Channel is about actual discovery of, say, science, history, space, or tech, as their Web site claims, think...
Abstract: Friday morning, the National Rifle Association will hold a much anticipated press conference, responding to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting...
Abstract: As Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated last month with community service ads and intimations in President Obama’s inauguration speech, I...
Abstract: The District of Columbia’s poverty problem received much-needed attention recently with this paper’s reporting on how DC General has...
Abstract: That the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or any other entity for that matter, thinks we can defeat terrorism through an advertising campaign has no...
Abstract: When pundits and politicos in Washington think of Somalia, the first thing they likely think of is al-Shabaab, the violent rebel group that sprung...
Abstract: There are three fallacies floating around Washington regarding a war with Syria, rhetoric that has the potential to dangerously dictate how Congress...
Abstract: Regarding the Oct. 15 editorial “Afghanistan’s future”:Afghan President Hamid Karzai will ultimately favor a deal allowing a U.S....
Abstract: Even without a final nuclear deal with Iran, this weekend’s intensive negotiations in Geneva resulted in major diplomatic achievements that...
Abstract: When Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told a commencement crowd at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point last month that sexual misconduct in the...
Abstract: Keeping our kids in school, off the streets, and, ultimately, out of trouble, is a growing American problem that must be owned and addressed by...
Abstract: Regarding Dana Milbank’s Jan. 22 op-ed, “With malice toward some”: In his inaugural address, President Trump falsely claimed...
Articles About S-CAR
Abstract: Aya Hijazi learned three years ago that being an American citizen can get you thrown in jail on trumped-up charges in Egypt — a country that...
Abstract: In President Trump’s first weeks of office, after he signed an executive order on what has been called a “Muslim ban,” he said...
Abstract: In President Trump’s first weeks of office, after he signed an executive order on what has been called a “Muslim ban,” he said...
Abstract: During nearly three years spent shuttling between an Egyptian jail and a Cairo courtroom cage in a case dismissed by human rights groups as “...
Abstract: An Egyptian American charity worker who was imprisoned in Cairo for three years and became the global face of Egypt’s brutal crackdown on civil...
Abstract: CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Sunday acquitted Aya Hijazi, a dual U.S.-Egyptian citizen who has been held in detention for nearly three years...
Abstract: Mohamed Soltan is a human rights advocate and founder of theFreedomi.org. He was imprisoned in Egypt for 22 months. Ahmed Mustafa is an 18-...
Abstract: TO AMERICANS who assume that Egypt, as a recipient of $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid, is a friendly ally, the case of Aya Hijazi might seem...
Abstract: For some reason, I always had a feeling that I would end up in prison.Somewhere at the edge of my awareness, I thought I would end up being a...
Abstract: While pocketing $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid, the Egyptian government of Abdel Fatah al-Sissi is waging war against what it describes as...
Abstract: Caption: Sarah Cochran, Virginia state director for Emerge USA, talks to Remaz Abdelgader, a George Mason University student and Bernie Sanders...
Abstract: It’s not unusual for a woman to receive a bouquet of roses from her husband on Valentine’s Day.What is unusual is to receive them in a...
Abstract: Ever since traveling to Palestine in college, Graham Pitts, 32, has been eager to return to the Middle East.In 2011, Pitts arrived in Egypt to study...
Abstract: Photo credit: J. Lawler Duggan for the Washington Post. They were children that Tuesday when the world changed.Jessica Murphy was 5 years old on...
Abstract: Charlotte left a basket of letters. Gabriel left his golf bag. Andrew left the window open.The District has a transient population. After graduation...
Abstract: The teenage high school students, dressed in white robes knotted at the waist with matching cloth belts, lined up shoulder-to-shoulder, bowed to...
Abstract: What Col. Ellen Haring is proposing would eventually change the way America mourns on Memorial Day.“And that’s painful, yeah...
Abstract: Wallace Warfield, 71, a George Mason University professor who was an internationally recognized authority on conflict resolution, died Aug. 21 at...
Abstract: The new GI Bill went into effect this month, and President Obama marked that milestone last week when he addressed about 350 military veterans and...
Researcher Media
Abstract: Michael Shank, Ph.D., Director of Foreign Policy at the Friends Committee on National Legislation and Professor at George Mason University's School...