1. Afghanistan—Winning Lessons from Vietnam
(Opinions/op-ed)

...ous government that commands broad-based popular support.  Afghanistan—Winning Lessons from Vietnam by John Graham There are many differences between our wars in Vietnam and in Afghanistan. Th...

2. How Do We Be Safe?
(Opinions/Bulletin)

...brity, but a personal history of creativity and courage in addressing public problems. How Do We Be Safe? by John Graham I saw the possibility of a just and peaceful world last week--at a conference...

3. The Health Care We Deserve
(Opinions/op-ed)

...or illness can mean mortgaging a home, not sending a kid to college, or worse. The Health Care We Deserve by John Graham   The givens: our country over decades has jerry-built a health care “sy...

4. Pirates and Poverty
(Opinions/Society)

...ot enough to hunt down the pirates and terrorists, so long as the conditions that breed them continue to exist.John Graham is a former U.S, Foreign Service Officer and now President of the Giraffe Her...

5. Stimulating
(Opinions/Politic)

...eating investments in key sectors such as health care, energy, transportation and education. Stimulating by John Graham Where are you on the stimulus plan? Inevitably a move this complex has so man...

6. Obama Rocks Abuja
(Opinions/Bulletin)

... clapped me on the back. I’m told that many Nigerian babies were named Obama that day. Obama Rocks Abuja By John Graham I was in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, when CNN announced that Obama had won...

7. Why the Bailout is a Band-aid
(Opinions/Features)

...rassing number of whom were better versed on the subject than I.   Why the Bailout is a Band-aid by John Graham This piece started as a comment on the bailout plan. But then I saw that just...

8. Ich Bin Ein Kansan
(Opinions/Politic)

...ome to expect from this gifted man again made the issue real and pressing.   Ich Bin Ein Kansan By John Graham   In Berlin last week, Barack Obama told 200,000 people that partnership...

9. Obama's Speech and Me
(Opinions/Society)

...ts and asked me if I rode. We got to talking and he said he worked with show horses. Obama's Speech and Me By John Graham As a 65 year-old white man, I thought I "got" Barack Obama's celebr...

10. The New Third Rail
(Opinions/Society)

... from global warming. Unbridged, the wealth gap will destroy our society as we know it. The New Third Rail By John Graham There's a new Third Rail in American politics--the huge and rapidly growing g...