Stephen Cohen favors foreign policy debate by candidates over US relations with Putin. Russia has nuclear matters to discuss, oil to sell, and desire to interact with new more robust emerging nations. It is leery of NATO coming to its borders and discouraged by US abrogation of the ABM treaties. Avoid a new cold war, he says. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.