RAMALLAH, West Bank — On Jan. 25, 2011, Egyptians launched a revolution that eventually ousted dicatorial President Hosni Mubarak. For over two weeks, they showed an astounding display of resilience as they occupied city centers across the country, most notably Cairo’s Tahrir Square, and executed a long twilight struggle against the tyrant.

LONDON — On "BBC Question Time" last week, an angry audience member asked the panel why Britain should be sending military help to the French in Mali.

“I don’t remember the French coming to our aid when we went to the Falklands” he fumed to loud applause.

This month is the 40th anniversary of one of the most important legal decisions of our time: Roe v. Wade.

This legislative victory changed the course of history for women not only in the United States, but also throughout the world. It provided a framework for sexual and reproductive rights used by advocates from San Francisco to Santiago, and the past year yielded significant progress on abortion rights in Latin America.

President Barack Obama vowed to use all the power of his office to prevent tragedies like the Sandy Hook massacre from ever happening again. On Wednesday, he made good on that promise. The president issued 23 executive orders that intensify execution of existing law and create new policies while calling on Congress to ban semiautomatic weapons, require universal criminal background checks and outlaw high-capacity magazines.