Hilary Matfess

The debates surrounding Obama’s cabinet nominations offer a welcome opportunity for the public–and the administration–to review the failing U.S. policy toward Iran.

Neither Obama nor Romney is being honest when it comes to U.S. trade with China.

The Obama administration’s trade negotiators are quietly selling out workers and the environment in a massive Bush-style trade agreement.

The Cardin-Lugar Amendment has the potential to reduce corruption in both resource-rich countries and powerful international corporations.

To hear a grown man advocate objectivism as a philosophy was like seeing a 10-year old in a stroller.

The volatility of exchange rates wouldn’t be nearly as damning were developing nations able to borrow in their own currency.

The precedents the Roberts Court is setting are making it easier for corporations to exercise the rights of American citizens without corresponding civic responsibilities.

For me, the Affordable Care Act means that when I graduate from college, I won’t have to take a job that I hate to get the health care that I need.