To bear less responsibility in the 21st century will do the United States good, even it it means less American power.
Tag Archives: United States
Why the UN Security Council Still Matters
Putin’s Russia now takes the United Nations Security Council far more seriously than the U.S. government does.
Food Stamp Nation
Is it really a surprise that the U.S. poor need support from programs like food stamps?
The Social Cost of U.S. Guns
How much does the United States spend each year on gun injuries, crimes and consequences?
Systematically Silencing America
How Republicans and their cynical allies deal with America’s real problems.
Weakened West or Triumph of Democracy?
In a triumph of Western democracy, the interventionist impulses of US and UK are cut down to size.
Was America Ever Exceptional?
How it hurts a nation that cannot distinguish between strength and power.



























