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Sep 08 2021
Perspectives Blog
Calculating the costs of the Afghanistan War in lives, dollars and years
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Lean Left. It was written by Neta C. Crawford, a Professor of Political Science and Department Chair at Boston University. The writer's bias has not been rated.
The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 to destroy al-Qaida, remove the Taliban from power and remake the nation. On Aug. 30, 2021, the U.S.
"The Conversation" ContributorDec 19 2020
Analysis
In Georgia, GOP candidates hitch wagons to ‘fraud’ narrative
Gov. Brian Kemp was endorsed by President Donald Trump in Georgia’s 2018 Republican primary, and became a hero to many of the state’s conservative voters earlier this year when he refused to impose COVID-19 restrictions. A group of conservative economic experts recently ranked him second among the nation’s governors.
But at campaign rallies for Georgia’s two Republicans senators this
Christian Science MonitorApr 12 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Why ‘Tax the Rich’ Demands Are So Unreasonable
Suggesting that people who don’t want to pay even more are unpatriotic is bullying nonsense.
If I told you there was a movement to create a navy or an air force, you might respond, “Don’t we already have those?” If I said we need a movement to persuade bears to relieve themselves in the woods, you might say, “Wait. Isn’t that happening already?”
But if I said we needed to tax the
Guest Writer - RightMar 26 2015
News
Crossing party lines through literature
Partisan polarization, the schism portrayed by the divide between the Republican and Democratic parties, is now the defining feature of contemporary American politics. According to research conducted by Pew Research Center in 2014, America faces the most dramatic state of polarization since the Reconstruction Era.
In cooperation with the Tucson Festival of Books, the UA will host a
The Daily WildcatAug 26 2019
News
The frustrating, enduring debate over video games, violence, and guns
We asked players, parents, developers, and experts to weigh in on how to change the conversation around gaming.
In the wake of two mass shootings earlier this month in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, the societal role of video games grabbed a familiar media spotlight. The El Paso shooter briefly referenced Call of Duty, a wildly popular game in which players assume the roles of
VoxMar 22 2015
News
The crisis in US-Israel relations is much bigger than Bibi Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not exactly done wonders for the US-Israel relationship. In the weeks before Israel's election, he publicly undermined President Obama in an unprecedented, Republican-hosted speech to Congress, then went home and repudiated the two-state peace process that both American political parties have supported for years. His re-election looks like bad news
VoxJul 25 2012
News
Are Obama's negative ads getting bang for the buck?
Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama's re-election campaign spent millions of dollars over the past few weeks in an advertising blitz aimed at negatively defining GOP challenger Mitt Romney -- an effort that, according to several national polls and political experts, has met with tepid results. Those ads include a spot in heavy rotation with Romney singing "America the Beautiful" at a
CNN (Online News)Jul 16 2012
News
As Syrian crisis deepens, Obama cites ‘Captive Nations’ week
As critics accuse President Obama of a weak response to the political and humanitarian crisis in Syria, the president quietly signed an order Monday proclaiming “Captive Nations Week.
“As individuals rise to demand their universal rights, the United States stands with them in pursuit of equality, justice, and freedom, the president declared in the order. “And as long as there are
Washington TimesDec 04 2019
News
Conservative: She was not a faceless liberal
I am a political activist by nature. In my home country of Brazil, I helped organize peaceful protests against government corruption and abuses of power. At the time -- way back in 2013 -- Brazil was plagued by scandal, with much of the population living in poverty. And yet the country's politicians, the source of so much of the scandal, continued to push agendas that benefited themselves and
CNN (Opinion)Nov 17 2015
News
An introduction to President Jimmy Carter
My first lesson in political polarization came when I was in second grade. The assignment was to find out who the president was when we were born. These were the days before Google and none of my friends had the answer, so I turned to the only people in my life old enough to know.
It was Jimmy Carter, Dad told me – and by the way, he was a total failure. But Mom chafed at that. Jimmy
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