Who Should Be the First Secretary of Peace in the U.S.?

Dr. Judith Rich has an interesting entry on Huffington Post explaining "Why Women are the Real Architects of Peace". She is urging the Obama administration to create a cabinet-level Department of Peace and makes a case that the first Secretary of Peace should be a woman.
Submitted by tednunn on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 15:23.

Canada Introduces Department of Peace Legislation!

Hot off the presses is the following article from the Vancouver Sun about how the Canadian lawmakers are pursuing the idea of creating a Department of Peace. Way to go, Canada! Now, what can the rest of us do to help make this happen?
Submitted by tednunn on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 17:57.

N.Y. Times Author Looking for Ideas to Reduce Youth VIolence

Steven Levitt - author of "Freakonomics" - posted a blog entry on his N.Y. Times site looking for out-of-the-box suggestions for reducing youth violence (http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/looking-to-blog-readers-for-good-ideas-to-reduce-teen-shootings/). He was motivated by the recent beating death of a teenager in Chicago.
Submitted by tednunn on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 16:09.