Boom, Bust and the End of Certainty
Boom, Bust and the End of Certainty Broken Europe: New realities in the Old World This column is part of my series on the human effects of Europe’s financial disaster. Click here for all the articles...
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Obama’s Egyptian Tightrope: The Challenge of a New Middle East London This week, more than any other in recent history, the traditional strategic interests of the United States have veered toward...
View ArticleThe Importance of National Shame
The Importance of National Shame Do you believe that your country is the greatest in the world? Then shame on you. And I mean that literally: I’m increasingly convinced that a crucial factor in the...
View ArticleAbolishing Corporate Tax is a Progressive Cause
Abolishing Corporate Tax is a Progressive Cause Los Angeles The moment I first suspected that the U.S. economy had become a mathematical impossibility occurred almost 10 years ago, when, as a...
View ArticleAmerica’s Army of Non-Citizens: A Greater Threat than Terrorism
America’s Army of Non-Citizens: A Greater Threat than Terrorism If you had a one-time opportunity to fix your country’s most serious flaw, what would it be? That was the question facing Barack Obama...
View ArticleLet a Thousand Think Tanks Bloom: Why Aid Should Be More Political
Let a Thousand Think Tanks Bloom: Why Aid Should Be More Political London When we think of foreign aid, we tend to think of something rudimentary being delivered to a village: a well, some mosquito...
View ArticleThree Misconceptions about Peacekeeping and Intervention
Three Misconceptions about Peacekeeping and Intervention This is a presentation about peacekeeping operations (PKO) and the Responsibility to Protect doctrine (R2P) made by Roland Paris of the...
View ArticleThe Three Elections that are Paralyzing Our World
The Three Elections that are Paralyzing Our World London In a perfectly reasonable world, the entire economic future of Greece and Italy would not depend on provincial election outcomes in the northern...
View ArticleAmerica’s Progressive Little Secret
America’s Progressive Little Secret If you wanted to explain America, which story would you tell: That of Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen shot dead by a man who hasn’t been charged with any crime and...
View ArticleThe Day After the Bombs
The Day After the Bombs Boston A busy public place, a dense and peaceful crowd of onlookers, a celebratory moment – and then the sharp rupture of a blast. There are bombs. There is panic, there is...
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