For even the most seasoned diplomats and foreign policymakers, the Israel-Palestinian conflict is a pressure cooker assignment that can cause angst of an existential nature.

In the Arab and Israeli worlds' eyes, Jared Kushner is a perfectly plausible American arbiter of - if not peace - then at least more process, procedure, and posturing.

In an era of rapidly evolving security threats that are often asymmetrical and unpredictable in nature, nuclear weapons are an existential threat we can count on.

We need to offer Africans the alternatives to terrorist recruitment that their own governments cannot. This includes, yes, jobs.

I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.

Planning ahead is a measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations, but the poor can plan ahead only a few weeks or days.

There are lots of things I could have done for the money, but I've made a great living doing the things I want to do.

Let us wage a moral and political war against war itself, so that we can cut military spending and use that money for human needs.