Reinforcing Washington’s Asia-Pacific Hegemony
The Obama administration’s military “pivot” to the Asia-Pacific region is opening up a new Cold War and trampling over the region’s peoples.
Review: Throwing Stones at the Moon
Colombia’s enormous population of internally displaced people is incredibly diverse, but all are subject to violence and degradation on a daily basis.
More Than 46 Million Americans Still in Poverty
As state anti-poverty programs around the country confront severe budget cuts, today’s report indicates income inequality has reached an all-time high.
Record Poverty Persists While Gap Between Rich and Rest of Us Increases
Sadly, those who “occupied” Wall Street and city squares across the country in 2011, were right: All of the income gains have concentrated at the top, while the rest of us saw a deterioration or stagnation in our wages and income.
Deaths of Amb. Stevens and Staff Stretch Meaning of Free Speech to the Breaking Point
Once again, Pastor Terry Jones takes advantage of free speech.
You’ve Heard of Friendly Fire, Now Meet Friendly Deterrence
A pretext for the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in European states is to free them from the need to develop nuclear weapons.
The Case Against War: Ten Years Later
Did an FPIF columnist convince Barack Obama to oppose the Iraq war?
This Week in OtherWords: September 10-16, 2012
OtherWords is running a debut column by Katie Halper, our new guest columnist.
South Africa at a Crossroads
The 99 percent of black South Africans have not tasted the fruits of democracy and freedom.
Smaller Nukes May Present the Larger Risk
Battlefield, or “tactical,” nuclear weapons may be more of a threat than the larger “strategic” warheads.
A Glimmer of Military Budget Sanity
Even House Republicans can’t stomach spending $17,000 on a helicopter drip pan.
Illegal Interns
Unpaid internships have metastasized into a labor market scourge.
We Won the War on Poverty, then Lost the Peace
If America could eliminate most serious poverty in the United States in the 1960s, surely we could do the same today.
The Drought Lottery
Our lawmakers should spend the next month figuring out how to reduce our $16 trillion debt instead of showering special interests with even more wasteful subsidies that have nothing to do with the drought.
Virtually, Anything Goes with Online Education
State officials are allowing tax dollars to underwrite K-12 virtual disasters.