In The News
May 4
PJP FELLOW MISSING IN SYRIA; FEARED TO BE IN GOVERNMENT CUSTODY
Dorothy Parvaz, a 2009 PJP Fellow, has been reported missing in Syria. Parvaz, who was formerly with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, was working for Al Jazeera English and an appeal for her release can be seen on its website. Parvaz has Iranian, American and Canadian citizenship. A story in the New York Times can be viewed… [Continue Reading]
May 4
You be the Judge: should the high court take on climate change?
In a case involving environmentalists and power companies over global warming and climate change, one would expect the Obama administration to side with the environmentalists. Wrong!
May 3
9/10/2001 was my first day of work at the National Constitution Center
After 9/11 our country came together. Can we do it again?
May 3
Five Questions to Ask About the Killing of Bin Laden
1. Why not capture him? In fact, the administration says the plan was to capture Bin Laden if he did not offer any resistance, though officials considered it unlikely that he would give himself up. Still, the question is tantalizing: if he had not offered resistance and the Seals had taken him alive and brought… [Continue Reading]
May 3
Shock and Awe: why the gov’t shouldn’t raise the debt ceiling (and why we should)
Should Congress go ahead and raise the debt ceiling since there’s no way to prevent it? Or should they tackle serious structural reform now to save our national debt from spiraling out of control?
