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Should assault weapons be banned? A 10-year ban was allowed to expire in 2004 President Obama wants Congress to pass a new one 

YES Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and I all supported a ban on semiautomatic assault weapons like AK-47s and Uzis, and...

Speech to the United Nations Relief Works Agency's Human Rights Graduation in Gaza 

DIRECTOR of UNRWA operations John Ging, thank you for inviting me to Gaza. Distinguished guests, children of Gaza, I am grateful for your warm...

Reinstate the assault-weapons ban 

By JIMMY CARTER

THE EVOLUTION in public policy concerning the manufacture, sale and possession of semiautomatic assault weapons...

Reconstructing the rule of law: post-conflict Liberia 

Civil wars mark the collapse of a state's ability to maintain social order through peaceful means. To prevent wars from recurring, new social,...

'Abominable. Blind. A tragedy' 

FORMER US president Jimmy Carter yesterday launched a ferocious attack on Tony Blair's "blind" and "abominable" support for the Iraq war. He...

Should the United States adopt voter ID cards? The goal is to increase voter participation and lower the chances of electoral fraud. Could voter ID cards be part of the answer? 

YES The Commission on Federal Election Reform has proposed adoption of voter ID cards in a way that would both expand voter participation and...

Back to fundamentals 

MANY OF YOU may be asking why a former politician is giving a Bible lecture to an assembly of highly qualified Christian leaders. My only...

Longstanding disaster threats can't be ignored 

Ten days after it was known that an extraordinary storm was approaching the Gulf Coast, the ravages of the hurricane and the human suffering have...

U.S. should join the world in halting juvenile executions 

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Roper vs. Simmons , a case about whether the execution of children constitutes cruel and unusual punishment...

Inequitable resources, benefits put world at risk 

The most serious and universal problem facing the world today is the growing chasm between the richest and poorest people on earth. Yet our...