It took only two months. That’s the amount of time that elapsed from when Maurice Kamto, an African opposition leader who had been serving time, was released from prison and when he flew to the United States to meet with Democrats in positions of power at the State Department and the House of Representatives. Democrats […]
It’s impossible to know exactly what went through the mind of the 12-year-old boy when he refused to become a child soldier of the terrorist group Boko Haram. When the Boko militants came to his village armed with machetes and axes, he and his mother made a run for it. They weren’t successful. As Boko […]
In the midst of the Democratic effort to overturn an election result--also known as impeachment hearings--you could be forgiven for missing an important Trump administration victory in Africa. It shows how the Trump administration’s approach to foreign policy can pay dividends and improve human rights around the world. Last week, Cameroon’s parliament introduced a bill […]
As the Impeachment hearings are underway, Americans are bearing witness to our struggle for reasoned argument and the metastasis of myopic partisan blindspots. In the words of Carl Sagan; “If we know only our own side of the argument, we hardly know even that.” An intellect untested by opposition is an intellect unknown. We have […]
The teen vaping epidemic has made national headlines across the country and in Florida because of the rapid increase in minors using vaping products. Recently, the House passed legislation that would help reverse the rise in teen smoking. Now we are counting on Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, who are known for supporting common […]
It was an unexpected move: the Trump administration announced on Thursday that it would be cutting military aid to the government of Cameroon. That aid was, for the nation of Cameroon, a vital resource in their ongoing fight against Islamic extremism. Cameroon is the tip of the spear in the fight against Boko Haram. The […]
