One of the Highest Military Budgets in History

One of the Highest Military Budgets in History

Last week, the White House released President Biden’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2024, which begins October 1 of 2023. As usual, the biggest portion of the discretionary budget request – 52 percent – was for military spending. While that’s usual,...
We Can’t Afford Another War

We Can’t Afford Another War

The United States spent over 800 billion dollars on the war in Iraq, while social services and infrastructure crumbled at home.

Sequestering American Exceptionalism

Sequestering American Exceptionalism

The “American Century” is most certainly coming to an end. The goal should be a smooth transition to a more cooperative world order.

America’s Warfare Welfare State

America’s Warfare Welfare State

The United States has been at war for more years than it has been at peace. War is not a “last resort,” something we fall back on when diplomacy, sanctions and other tools fail. It has become our normal condition.