The Strainful Relationship: Where’s the Beginning and the End?
Is worrying over Anglo-American relations no more than a curious pastime?
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Republicans Unlikely to Win Back Congress
Republicans have high hopes for November’s midterm elections for Congress and for good reason. The president and his party are deeply unpopular with moderate and conservative voters, in spite or rather because of their push for health care and financial reform; monumental legislations which the opposition has been able to taint as unprecedented government takeovers. […]
Preparing for Defeat in Afghanistan
Instead of internationalizing the war effort or learning from previous counterinsurgencies, the United States will abandon Afghanistan.
America’s Spirit Invincible; China’s Still Puzzling
America stages large military exercises with South Korea while China’s views on the North are unclear.
Cameron on the Special Relationship
The British leader dismisses his nation’s endless preoccupation with the health of the transatlantic relationship.
Are We Still Friends?
Doubts about President Barack Obama’s commitment to the old continent are growing.
Financial Reform Would Have Prevented Crisis: Frank
Yet the bill doesn’t mention the two entities that caused the housing bubble.
It’s All the Republicans’ Fault
President Barack Obama lambasted Republicans for making a stand “on the backs of the unemployed” to extend current tax rates.
Yemen’s Two Different, Dangerous Wars
Yemen’s government hasn’t focused on Al Qaeda, rather a separatist insurgency.
Speaking Up for American Capitalism
Amid all the anticapitalist rhetoric espoused by policy and opinion makers alike, few businessmen dare rise up to the challenge and defend the free market outright. Gregg Sherrill, Chairman and CEO of Tenneco, Inc. is a notable exception. With capitalism under persecution worldwide, the business community has in part itself to blame. As accusations of […]
Newt Gingrich for President?
The former speaker of the House is considering a presidential bid.
South Asia’s Fragile Nuclear Balance
The paradigm shaping foreign policy in Washington DC today reads that the futures of Afghanistan and Pakistan are inherently intertwined. The war in the one cannot be resolved as long as insurgents are able to find safe haven in the other while regional stability demands peace across borders. Yet in Pakistan the Americans have to […]
Apple, AT&T and Antitrust
In California, a federal judge has ruled that an antitrust class action suit can proceed against Apple and AT&T. What have those companies done to warrant being hauled into court? Basically, they agreed to sell only “locked” iPhones. A locked phone is one that works only on a specific mobile network — in this case, […]
Obama’s Disastrous Energy Policy
Obama insists that drilling “cannot come close” to meeting America’s energy needs.
On Tax Relief and Deficit Reduction
Democrats don’t understand how Republicans can favor tax cuts while they claim to worry about the deficit.