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opinion
Why Michelle Obama Was Wrong to Trash America at the UN
In her speech to the United Nations this week, first lady Michelle Obama chose to highlight some of the negative things women face in the United States today. Successful women don’t have time to get sidetracked by gender-equality debates. “Women here are still woefully underrepresented in our government and in the senior ranks of our… -
opinion
Obama’s UN Speech: Long on Rhetoric, Short on Substance
President Barack Obama’s 2014 speech to the United Nations General Assembly today highlighted a number of major crises facing the world today, but it focused particularly on the responsibility of nations “to observe and enforce international norms” and reject “the cancer of violent extremism.” In substance, though, it was a strangely bipolar speech. Obama laid… -
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Obama’s 4 Ways for UN to Beat ISIS ‘Network of Death’
In a speech before the United Nations General Assembly today, President Obama presented his case for a global effort to defeat the Islamic State terrorist group, vowing to engage a broad coalition to dismantle the brutal jihadists’ “network of death.” Obama delivered his address two days after he expanded the American-led air campaign against the Islamic State,… -
opinion
Bitcoin Voting and the Myth of the Un-Hackable Election
Bitcoin, the alternative to currency taking the Internet by storm, now may move to another mission. Some advocates want to translate the technology into online voting. Advocates promise a utopian voting scheme driven by smartphones and apps that can overcome all the inherent vulnerabilities to classic e-voting thanks to Bitcoin’s un-hackable code. But the reality…