We need to work for a day when police shootings are rare and not the stuff of our daily news.

We heard the news and we greatly appreciate the work of the Argentine police.

Americans rightly, but sometimes excessively, celebrate every person in uniform as a hero, but seldom honor the difficult and often dangerous work being done day after day by members of our diplomatic corps. Warriors capture the popular imagination more easily than peacemakers.

Police officers and firemen are so visible in their daily work, there's no mistaking they're there - and that presence makes people feel secure.

Elevating the status of women is our best path to peace, justice, and prosperity on a global scale.

Global warming is the foreboding thunder in the distance. Ocean acidification is the lightning strike in our front yard, right here, right now.