Donald Rumsfeld is this generation's Robert McNamara. Over 12 years after overseeing and helping to design the 2003 invasion of Iraq - the former secretary…
democracy
The academy is entering a dangerous time. Academics now find themselves entering a time when a more comprehensive politics that deals with the rise of…
The United States and the world are engaged in a great debate about new trade agreements. Such pacts used to be called "free-trade agreements"; in…
A massive tsunami, a mega-powerful financial tidal wave, is growing in intensity off the shores of America. This government senses its ominous presence but refuses…
If you need further proof of your democracy’s ill health, the Senate provided plenty of it this week as it began debating whether to fast…
The United States and the world are engaged in a great debate about new trade agreements. Such pacts used to be called “free-trade agreements”; in…
Police officers are more likely to be struck by lightning than be held financially accountable for their actions.--Law professor Joanna C. Schwartz (paraphrased) If you can be…
Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire.…
Three decades ago, with the end of the Cold War and the dismantling of the South American dictatorships, many hoped that the much talked about…
Many of us aren’t shocked by the recent Princeton study that declares we’re clients of an Oligarchy, not citizens of a Democracy. After a bracing…