By Joe Friedrichsen | Echo The melting pot metaphor is often attributed to the U.S. to describe our country's ability to fuse different nationalities, cultures and ethnicities into a larger culture. But if the U.S. is a melting pot, then Israel is a boiler where deeply rooted tensions within society ...
By Joe Friedrichsen | Echo The rise of widely publicized police shootings of unarmed civilians is sparking interest among police departments about issuing body cameras for their officers. But budget constraints will likely impact how widely these expensive devices are adopted by police. In the U.S., ...
By Joe Friedrichsen | Echo [caption id="attachment_8563" align="aligncenter" width="630"] Clinton announced her presidential candidacy in a low-key launch video (Photograph provided by wikimedia commons user, defenseimagery.mil)[/caption] Presidential hopefuls are gearing up for Decision 2016. So far, ...
By Joe Friedrichsen | Echo In the Spratly Island chain, the Dragon is undertaking a controversial new project to reassert its long-lost dominance in the South China Sea. China's neighbors are perturbed by China's aggressive land reclamation efforts. They fear the moves are another step toward the rapidly ...
By Joe Friedrichsen | Echo We've no doubt heard the biblical command to love the enemies who persecute us. But, in the context of the heinous violence being wrought by the Islamic State group, how are Christians to respond in a loving manner? Also, what role should the U.S. government play in countering ...
By Joe Friedrichsen | The Echo Open confrontation and hostility again plague what was once a promising relationship between Russia and the U.S. Spearheading the resurrected Cold War rivalry is Russian president Vladimir Putin. Though Putin's dramatic new foreign policy course came as a shock to Western ...
By Joe Friedrichsen | Echo With the scare of Ebola's spread in the U.S. seemingly over, the media attention paid to the virus's West Africa impact is dissipating. But for Gina and Travis Sheets, the struggle of living in an impoverished country with the lingering threat of Ebola remains a constant ...
By Joe Friedrichsen | Echo President Barack Obama ordered one of the largest sweeping overhauls of the immigration system in decades, following a primetime address to the nation Thursday night. In the address, Obama rejected conservative claims that he's overstepping his executive power by moving to ...
By Joe Friedrichsen | Echo Despite suffering a humiliating decline in national strength and status, the Chinese people are devoted to returning China to its natural state of glory. But because China hasn't clearly defined its criteria for achieving the state's collective rejuvenation, the U.S. has ...
By Joe Friedrichsen | Echo President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping struck an ambitious deal on Wednesday at the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum. The two countries agreed to cap carbon emissions and increase the use of renewable energy. China, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, ...
Israel faces protests by East African migrants and refugees as the government struggles to deal with its immigration policy. (Photograph provided by Wikimedia Commons)
The increased demand for sustainable energy technology is leading to new wind farm designs. (Photograph provided by CNN)
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