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The latest Palestinian statehood gambit

10/27/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Recent developments in Sweden, the United Kingdom and Ireland exemplify yet another effort to create a Palestinian “state” out of thin air. Sweden’s new socialist government has recognized “Palestine,” as did non-binding resolution adopted by Britain’s parliament and Ireland’s Senate.…

Amazon chases Indian dollars, but faces big challenges

08/07/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
(REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader) India is the El Dorado for many U.S. companies. With an English-speaking middle class of around 260 million people which is expected to grow to 600 million by 2030, it’s no real surprise that American tech giants like…

Putin Is Sponsoring Sectarian Violence In Ukraine

05/22/2014 Published on Forbes.com
Over the past few months much of the discussion about the crisis in Ukraine has concerned the implications of Vladimir Putin’s desire to turn Russia into a great power capable of challenging the United States and its NATO allies. To…

In Kiev, Biden Tells Russia To Pull Back

04/22/2014 Published on Forbes.com
“It is time for Russia to stop talking and start acting—act on the commitments they made. We need to see these kinds of concrete steps,” Vice President Biden said in Kiev today. “Time is short in which to make progress.”…

My dinner with the family of Justina Pelletier

04/17/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
In case you’ve ever wondered, when you take a psychiatrist to dinner (especially a forensic psychiatrist, like me), he doesn’t leave the office 100 percent. No well-trained psychiatrist can. The “third ear” we develop during training – the one that…

You call this a deal? Congress, Obama set to kick the can … again

10/15/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that he was hopeful it would be a “bright day.” Republican leader Mitch McConnell seconded Reid’s optimism, “we’ve had a good day,” he commented on Monday. Indeed, we are on the precipice of a…

Sun celebrates July Fourth, unleashes solar fireworks

07/04/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
The sun unleashed an M1.5-class solar flare (lower left) on July 3, 2013, a solar fireworks to the traditional Fourth of July holiday in the United States. (NASA/SDO) The sun fired off an intense solar flare Wednesday, giving NASA scientists…

What Same-Sex marriage decisions tell us about America, Constitution

06/26/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
American University students Sharon Burk, left, and Molly Wagner participate in a rally for rights for gay couples in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP2013) The preservation of explicit inequality in the law is hard to defend and…

Where Is The United States Vis-à-vis The 2013 Iranian Presidential Election?

05/23/2013 Published on Forbes.com
A recent event has not gotten the attention that it arguably should have. On Tuesday, Iran’s Guardian Council turned down the candidacies of two potential presidential candidates: one, a close aide and associate of current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the…

What Really Happened In Benghazi?

05/14/2013 Published on Forbes.com
On Monday President Obama delivered a defense of his administration’s response to the Benghazi attacks: he said that nothing new came out in last week’s hearings, that he called the Benghazi attack what it was–a terror attack–the day after it…