The bloated military budgets no longer bear much relationship to actual defense, at least not for the big spenders
It might take someone of Trumpās vapid visibility to drive home the point that “worldās policeman” is not a viable role for the U.S. to play
Economists said the market would save the planet. It didn’t
The View from 2050
The only sensible solution to the Syrian crisis is a quantum one in which Bashar al-Assad is simultaneously there and not there
Under Obama, whistleblowers face a total of 751 months behind bars ā compared to 24 months for all other whistleblowers combined since the American Revolution
The Search for Terrestrial Intelligence
Donald Trump’s not-so-veiled racism, crude economic populism, and male bravado make him the closest thing the U.S. has to an authentic European-style fascist
It was one thing to dream about taking back Poland, another to repair an economy ruined during the Communistsā reign
In their latest deal to fight ISIS, Washington and Turkey are treating the Middle East’s largest stateless minority like pawns. That’s a huge mistake
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