Democracy

...decades later the U. S. Senate has still not ratified it. By early 2009, however, about 160 other countries had agreed to it, including the great majority of other democracies. So why has our Senate refused to do so? The basic answer...

In this article: Bill of Rights, Ronald Reagan, U. S. Senate, UN, Andrei Sakharov, Barack Obama, United States, and International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Is Jimmy Carter racist? Jimmy Carter time and again blames the Middle East's only true democracy, Israel, for the woes in that region while providing excuses for Arab terrorists, and there we have it. This Sunday school-teaching Baptist is an...

In this article: Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Middle East, Washington, Baptist, Joe Wilson, and Edward M. Kennedy

...Nobel prize committee said were "his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development." Woodrow Wilson won the 1919 prize...

In this article: Barack Obama, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, Treaty of Versailles, Nobel Prize, World War One, Treaty of Portsmouth, and League of Nations

...more than 20 years after his presidency, for "decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development," the committee said. Mr....

In this article: Barack Obama, White House, David Axelrod, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson

...build and own their own homes. Carter, who lost his bid for re-election in 1980, has also devoted his post-presidency to mediating conflicts and promoting human rights and democracy, an effort that won him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.

In this article: Jimmy Carter, Habitat for Humanity, Asia, Thailand, Laos, United States, and King Bhumibol Adulyadej

...to world. Obama will not grant America even that. Emulating Carter the ex-president, rather than President Carter, Obama has shown essentially no interest in human rights or democracy promotion. His belated support of the Iranian protesters...

In this article: Jimmy Carter, Islam, Allah, God, and Suicide

...about?," Letterman asked. The audience roared with laugher. In the shows final minutes, Letterman asked about Iraq. The president said now the country has a chance to establish a democracy, and that the removal of U.S. troops is on track.

In this article: Barack Obama, David Letterman, New York, Jimmy Carter, Late Show with David Letterman, Iraq, and White House

...numbers of women, blacks, and Hispanics to government jobs. Under The Carter Center, Carter and his team of experts work to resolve conflict and promote democracy, among other goals. Wilson, a former state senator elected to Congress in 2001,...

In this article: Joe Wilson, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, South Carolina, and Michael Steele

...and to fight for progress." Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, praised Kennedy's "big heart, sharp mind and boundless energy," which he called "gifts he gave to make our democracy a more perfect union." During a visit Wednesday to...

In this article: Ted Kennedy, George W. Bush, GOP, Joe Biden, Massachusetts, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, and Maria Shriver