When you buy a thrift store jacket, you pay a sales tax. When a Wall Street trader buys millions of dollars’ worth of stocks, he doesn’t.
Over 30 Countries Tax Financial Speculation. Why Doesn’t the United States?
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It’s Really Happening: The Dominican Republic Is Deporting Its Haitian Residents.
This isn’t the first time the U.S. has stood by the Dominican Republic even as its government has violated the human rights of Haitians.
From Fukushima to Brussels, Nuclear Energy Isn’t Worth the Risks
The scariest part of the Brussels attacks is something that hasn’t happened yet and hopefully never will: an act of nuclear terrorism.
Islamic Extremism Is Nothing if Not Protean
With terrorism, just like anything else, nature abhors a vacuum.
The U.S. Is Militarizing the Pacific — and Not Taking Questions
Hawaii’s members of Congress sit at the linchpin of a huge realignment of U.S. military power. Good luck getting them to talk about it.
Donald Trump: Foreign Policy’s Useful Idiot?
It might take someone of Trump’s vapid visibility to drive home the point that “world’s policeman” is not a viable role for the U.S. to play.
When Islam Polices Extremists
Those in the West who call on Muslims to condemn those who commit terrorist attacks in the name of Islam don’t seem to be aware that is already being done.
Trump and Cruz Want to Deport 11 Million Immigrants. That’s Literally Impossible.
In a purely practical way, the present deportation debate is simply the essence of demagoguery.
Are Class Differences Between Muslims in Europe and U.S. Really Determining Factor in Terror Attacks?
In the U.S. Muslims tend to be middle-class; in Europe, the urban poor.
Gorbachev Was Just Too Far Out Front of the United States
Mikhail Gorbachev exploded the Reagan administration’s little minds.