The presidential primary campaigns of both parties have exposed widespread voter anger over US global trade policies. The candidate have responded: Trump, Clinton and Cruz have joined Bernie Sanders in opposition to the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership, which the Obama…
ISIS War Debates II: Doubling Down on Disaster
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The American Prospect Feb. 22, 2016: Paul Starr wants Barack Obama to accelerate the war on ISIS. But his proposals would only prolong a war that we cannot win and that is unraveling the fabric of our democracy. Impatient with the…
ISIS War Debates I: Why Is This Our Fight?
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The Nation, Jan 14, 2016: This war is already lost. None of the US governing class’ shifting war aims—stabilizing the region, defending human rights, ending terrorism, establishing democracy—can be achieved. There is no future “diplomatic” solution that justifies continuing the…
Progressive Pundits’ Panic: Sanders Actually Means It!
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For the past several weeks, big guns from Hillary Clinton’s policy-wonk hit squad have been firing away at Bernie Sanders’ proposals for faster, fairer growth. Promoting themselves as defenders of “responsible arithmetic,” four former chief economic advisers to Clinton and…
ISIS War: The Case for Cut-and-Run
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In the Post-Paris debate on what the US should now do in Iraq and Syria, there is one important option missing: leave. Despite some testy rhetoric, most of the President’s critics are urging him to do more of what…
Collateral Damage in Afghanistan: America’s Soul
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On the night of October 3, 2015 an American attack helicopter bombed and strafed a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. At least 22 medical staff and patients, including three children, were killed. Twenty-four are still missing. The U.N.…
Bernie Sanders: A Moment of Truth for Democrats
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The politicians, plutocrats and pundits of the Democratic Party establishment have no answer to Bernie Sanders’ blistering critique of their failure to defend the interests of the voters who have kept them in power. Neither have they a substantive case…
Breaking News: The Rich Discover Inequality
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After forty years of rising income and wealth inequality, some of America’s rich seem worried that maybe things have gone too far. In a recent New York Times Op Ed (August 9), for example, Peter Georgescu, CEO emeritus of the…
Why Republicans Oppose the Iran Agreement: Follow the Money
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By any sensible measure, our country’s highest foreign policy priority is halting the spread of nuclear weapons. Given our size and military might, we Americans are safe from outside invasion for as far into the future as anyone can possible…
This Greek Tragedy Could Be Europe’s As Well
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However the Greeks vote on Sunday, they are likely to be in for another round of suffering. If they support their government by voting “no” (probably the wiser vote), it is likely to force Greece to abandon the euro for…