According to a recent New York Times article, it has been confirmed that the US CIA has been providing weapons to Syrian opposition fighters.  The New York Times reported the CIA has been guiding "automatic rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, ammunition and some antitank weapons" through a network of obscure intermediaries, mainly the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, and the weapons have been financed by Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. The irony in this is that the Obama Administration claims to not ...

Over the weekend, Egyptians took to the polls to determine their new leader in their first free presidential election since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. Ahmad Shafiq, former prime minister of the Mubarak regime, and Mohammed Morsi, conservative Islamist of the Muslim Brotherhood, were running against each other in the first presidential election since Mubarak's overthrow in early 2011. Morsi is believed to be the victor, but uncertainty remains regarding how much power he will have as preside...

For the past few months, there has been much controversy stemming from both Democrats and Republicans regarding the "War on Women." Democrats and Republicans have been arguing about issues from reproductive rights, equal pay, to whether or not being a housewife does "real work." One of the most recent battles fought regarding women's issues has been regarding abortion, specifically sex-selective abortion. Sex-selective abortion was brought to national attention when pro-life organization Live A...