Chinese Medicine: A Vital Partner in American Health Care
Efrem Korngold, O.M.D., LA.c, Chinese Medicine Works; Co-author, Between Heaven and EarthHarriet Beinfield, LA.c, Chinese Medicine Works; Co-author, Between Heaven and Earth
Unbeknownst to many, Chinese traditional medicine has been a consistent part of American health care since the 1800s, but it didn’t capture the national consciousness until the 1970s, when President Nixon visited China. Read more »

International Criminal Court: How’s It Doing? Should the U.S. Join?
William H. Taft, IV, Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, Stanford Law School
The International Criminal Court is almost 10 years old, but the Obama administration has yet to decide if the U.S. will join. Fear that it would be a politicized institution likely to prosecute American soldiers have not been realized, nor has it been effective in prosecuting persons responsible for war crimes. In recent years the U.S. Read more »

Free Speech, Private Speech, Government Speech
David Bisno, M.D., Constitutional Law Scholar
Who is speaking when our government accepts the donation of a monument from a private group for placement in a public park? Or issues license plates with a message favored by one group but not by another? May the state require a citizen to carry the government’s message? Or look at it? Are the restrictions on government speech different than those on private speech? Read more »

Geo-engineering: Global Salvation or Ruin?
Ken Caldeira, Professor, Global Ecology, Carnegie InstitutionAlbert Lin, Professor, UC Davis School of LawDavid Whelan, Chief Scientist, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
Should humans address man-made rising temperatures and sea levels by tinkering further with Mother Nature? A lively debate about such geo-engineering burst into the mainstream recently with reference to Caldeira’s work in the final chapter of the popular book SuperFreakonomics. Read more »