The President Who Keeps Crying Wolf: Trump, Russia, and the Mueller Probe
President Trump burned his credibility long ago, by lying about demonstrably false things to the American public. It is reasonable ...
Tag: United States
Why Powerful US Pro-Israel Lobby Group’s Influence is Under Threat
Arguably the most important reasons why AIPAC has been successful in its pro-Israel lobby are its bipartisan image and the ...
Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Definition is Holding Up Afghanistan’s Peace Talks
Before peace talks in Afghanistan can come to a conclusion, the parties first need to settle on an administrative detail: ...
Consequences of Inequality Will Strike Everyone Indiscriminately
Inequality is on the rise in the United States since 1980, with far-reaching economic, social, and political consequences. Still, other ...
Hate Crimes, the Fraying of America, and the Prospect of Racial Armageddon
Over the past few years, a wave of hate crimes has punctuated news headlines in the United States. These should ...
The Consequences of Living in the #MeToo Era
#MeToo has undoubtedly put sexual harassment and assault on the digital map, but only a sizable body of research will ...
Trump’s Foreign Trade Policy and the Art of the Deal
Many pundits have spewed endless arguments and conjectures about the intentions of Trump’s trade policy. Their evaluation is often premised ...
Democratic Socialism in United States: Does Bernie Sanders Need Rebranding?
Why does senator and 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders hold on to the socialist label when so few people know ...
Haiti’s Recent Protests Expose the Lie of Democracy
The words election and democracy are not interchangeable and it would be a grave error to simply assume that because ...
United States Should Decriminalize Cannabis and Stop Lifetime of Consequences
The United States can’t erase the dark past of the War on Drugs but it can seek to alleviate some ...
‘Healthy’ Smoking Alternative Has Turned Into Adolescent Epidemic: Get Rid of the Juul
Since e-cigarette company Juul has created a younger generation of smokers and because the long-term effects of vaping are virtually ...
American Federalism and Policy Chaos: Marijuana Legalization and Decriminalization
Federalism provides opportunities for local governments to develop innovative policies, but is also chaotic and leads to confusion. Marijuana policy ...
Trump, Fake News, and the Importance of Looking Back
The Trump administration is undoubtedly the most hostile ever towards historians, precisely at a time when they are most needed. ...
Regime Change is Only Way to Save 32 Million Venezuelans from Downright Starvation
The current push for regime change in Venezuela is not just an existential necessity for 32 million Venezuelans deprived of ...
US Household Debt in 2018 Jumps $400 Billion
Total debt held by U.S. households surged by nearly $400 billion in 2018 to more than $13.5 trillion, marking the ...
Why US Needs to Declare Date for Troops to Depart from Afghanistan
Successive US administrations have recognized that they cannot afford to be the glue holding Afghanistan together forever. Although most pundits ...
US-Taliban Peace Talks: Deal Without Afghans?
Over the past four months, a series of talks have taken place between the United States and Taliban representatives. However, ...
The Disingenuous Efforts of Barring Huawei
When people in Washington or the Pentagon are talking about the importance of banning Huawei from the United States or ...
Will Trump’s Border Wall Keep Mexican Migrants Out or Lock Them In?
Walls are typically designed to keep people out, but in the case of the border wall between the US and ...
Globalization and Inequality: Sharing Wealth One of Society’s Greatest Challenges
Globalization and technological change pose great opportunities for the world economy and have helped lead to historical reductions in poverty. ...
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