Nicholas D. Kristof

It was 15 years ago that Ted Turner needed something interesting to say in a speech – and decided, in a rush, to give away $1 billion.

BAB AL-SALAM, Syria – It was cold and drizzling as yet another family made homeless by war arrived in this town in northern Syria to start a new life in a tent.

President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney seemed determined not to discuss climate change in this campaign. So thanks to Hurricane Sandy for forcing the issue: Isn't it time to talk not only about weather, but also about climate?

The Republican National Convention opened by smacking President Barack Obama with the theme "We Built it."

Actually, that dateline isn't quite right. It shouldn't be "on" the Pacific Crest Trail, because my daughter and I drifted off the trail. We ended up completely lost in a wilderness of snow, mountains and forests.

The farm fields here are cemeteries of cornstalks: A severe drought has left them brown, withered and dead. Normally, a failed crop like that signifies starvation.

My 1,700-mile road trip across Iran began with a giddy paean to America, reinforcing my view that at the grass-roots level, this may be the most pro-American nation in the Middle East.

I'd like to introduce a valiant woman here, Mariam Tia, to President Barack Obama and other world leaders, so she could explain how they're allowing Sudan's leaders to get away with mass atrocities that echo Darfur.

We think of branding as something ranchers do to their cattle. But it's also what pimps do to women and girls they control across America.

If you think sex trafficking only happens in faraway places like Nepal or Thailand, then you should listen to an expert on American sex trafficking I interviewed the other day.