Obama’s Syria policy failed because it did not anticipate provoking Iranian and Russian interventions.
Why Even Democrats Should Vote for Speaker Ryan
As Americans must regain their respect for one another, how far should Democrats go to work with Republicans now?
The United States in 2016: As Distrustful as the GDR?
As 2017 begins, a meditation on reining in vitriol and reviving Americans’ trust in one another.
The U.S. Government and the Major Banks: Justice for Sale at the Bazaar
To date, not a single top banker has been put on trial, let alone sent to prison, for the frauds perpetrated by the institutions they lead.
Different Under Trump? Why Russia Grates Americans So Much
The reemergence of US’s erstwhile counterpart from the bipolar world order is an uncomfortable reminder that the presumed age of American hegemony is history.
Trump’s Middle East: Back to the Future
The U.S. government under Trump may be on the verge of returning to the old policy of transaction-based support of autocratic regimes in the Middle East.
Global Upheaval: The Sad New Normal
Instead of strengthening and stabilizing institutions, we are allowing them to fall.
Big Money Entanglements for Trump’s Nominees
Will the tangled finances of vastly wealthy leaders of the US administration become a possible cause for corruption concerns?
Dreaming of Democracy: High Time to Nullify the Electoral College
A national direct elections compact concluded by the major states is the only way to ensure that future U.S. Presidents will have been elected by a plurality of Americans.
From the American Challenge to the Chinese Challenge?
The unfolding Western effort to paint a picture of a benign America and a malign China is a distortion of the historical truth.























