Barack Obama inherited two Middle East wars from his predecessor and countless of struggles labeled as such from the many presidents that came before him, ranging from a critical War on Terror to an endless and largely futile war on drugs. His administration has so far added one notable campaign to this list — a […]
India’s objectives in Afghanistan are aligned with America’s. Pakistan’s are not.
The British leader showed that there’s an alternative to Keynesianism.
The meltdown in Greece of last April exposed not just the economic weakness of this particular South European state; uncertainty about public finances was suddenly abound throughout the European Union. A multibillion euro rescue plan necessitated unprecedented efforts to guarantee the stability of the common currency. German chancellor Angela Merkel even warned that the very […]
Richard Ralston wonders whether Americans should sit back and watch the last of their freedoms waste away or do something.
The head of Medicare and Medicaid laments the “darkness” of private health insurance.
In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that began on April 20, the question has been asked in media both left and right: who’s to blame? From Time magazine to The Washington Independent to cable news, journalists seemed more obsessed about wondering who is responsible than reporting on the actual catastrophe. In all […]
The Republican Party may be doing well in the polls but it is still very much without direction. Different brands of conservatism continue to compete for the favor of that frustrated voter, the stereotypical angry white male. Since the Tea Parties appeared on the scene, Republicans have been looking for ways to co-opt their Obama […]
Amid all the public scrutiny and government regulation that befell American industry throughout the past decades, one sector notably remained relatively untouched by the state. That very sector, at the same time, expanded enormously and revolutionized business and private lives alike at prices that continue to decline up to this very day. But even ICT […]
The real challenge in this election will come from the states. The federal government has no idea what’s coming.
A great deal of ink has been spilled recently about how terrible it is that a number of European NATO members are considering selling arms and military equipment to Russia. Many commentators vehemently argue against such arms sales. The reasons for the opposition are rarely stated openly, but when they are they tend to focus […]
Commentators and intellectuals on the left continue to grapple while trying to figure out the Tea Party phenomenon. For some time they could be dismissed as racist or just plain dumb but such criticism is harder to sustain no with research showing that the 18 percent or so of Americans who identify as supporters of […]
Americans seem to forget Europe is not a federation like the United States.
Except for China, there hasn’t been an economic success story in history that wasn’t built on free markets.
The New York Times predicts desperate times ahead for America’s youngsters. The recession has diminished most of the remaining part-time job opportunities previously available to young people during the summer, “despite a summer jobs program that was paid for through the stimulus package.” The problem is severest in poor, minority communities. “Those are the places […]
