The presidents of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador recently visited U.S. President Barack Obama to urge him to change course in combatting the flood immigrants illegally entering the United States. The three heads of state recommend the American president focus on fighting violent gangs in Central America, rather than protecting the border and deporting those immigrants.

Violence is once again flaring in the Middle East and the Arab Spring seems like a distant, wilted dream.

Violence is once again flaring in the Middle East and the Arab Spring seems like a distant, wilted dream. But while the violence is grabbing the headlines, the real problem—lack of opportunity—is receiving little attention.