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In a world that is increasingly complex, we need to seek greater awareness of the blending of cultures and America's changing role in a global community.

• U.S.-Taliban talks: More bizarre foreign policy

  The U.S. announced plans to negotiate with the Taliban and within hours it attacked a base that killed four Americans.

• As violence in Syria rages, human rights suffer

  War always has unintended consequences. In Syria, children and civilians are dying every day.

• Barack Obama is America’s first absentee president

  We can always count on Barack Obama for a speech when things are good, but where does he go when things are bad?

• Taliban beheads two boys, ages 10 and 16, in Afghanistan

  It is nothing new, but it is always shocking. Two young boys scavenging for food for their families were beheaded by the Taliban on Sunday.

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