The World Spends $40 Billion A Year

We Tie Ourselves In Knots When We Act As If Democracy Is Good For The United States And Israel But Not For The Arab World. For Far Too Long, We've Treated The Arab World As Just An Oil Field.

Let Me Be Clear: I'm A Believer In A Robust Military, Which Is Essential For Backing Up Diplomacy. But The Implication Is That We Need A Balanced Tool Chest Of Diplomatic And Military Tools Alike. Instead, We Have A Billionaire Military And A Pauper Diplomacy. The U.s. Military Now Has More People In Its Marching Bands Than The State Department Has In Its Foreign Service - And That's Preposterous.

A Few Countries Like Sri Lanka And Honduras Have Led The Way In Slashing Maternal Mortality.

Women Aren't The Problem But The Solution. The Plight Of Girls Is No More A Tragedy Than An Opportunity.

One Of The Great Failings Of The American Education System (in Our View) Is That Young People Can Graduate From University Without Any Understanding Of Poverty At Home Or Abroad.