President Goodluck Jonathan, though he did not win reelection, succeeded in reforming the Nigerian army enough to start defeating Boko Haram. What the army needed was discipline and leadership.

However, it seems that Boko Haram is not defeated yet. It still holds thousands of female captives.

What about abortions for the females that have been freed? It is hardly a rescue if they are forced to give birth to rapists' babies.

South Korea's New Law Mandates Installation Of Government-Approved Spyware On Teens' Smartphones.

Amnesty International says, torture of suspects and dissidents is standard practice in Morocco.

Morocco banned a man from journalism for ten years; now that the ban is over, it is stopping him from starting a newspaper by denying him a national ID card.

National ID cards are generally a form of oppression.

Wars nowadays are increasingly deadly.

Republicans criticize Obama for not catering enough to Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia is the root of most of what is bad in Islam today; its money has promoted fundamentalism around the Muslim world. It is no accident that most of the September 11 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia.

Ironically, these same Republicans claim there is a war of cultures between the west and Islam.