Foreign Policy
The Pentagon Can Have Whatever It Wants. As Long As It's Not Less Money.
Yes, that's right: Congressional leaders are forcing the Pentagon to take more money than it asked for.
Debunking John Kerry's Claim That Climate Change Is a Great Investment Opportunity
If renewable, new nuclear, or even fusion energy is actually becoming cheaper than conventional fossil fuels, why would the world need an international treaty at all?
Obama's Possible Paris Climate Agreement End Run Around the Senate
Foreign negotiators, activists, and journalists are very worried about Senate Republicans
Are Cuba's Economic Reforms For Real?
Cuba has started making concessions to capitalism, but not out of necessity.
U.S. Climate Fair Share: 82 Percent Emissions Cut by 2030?
Plus $810 billion in climate debt payments annually to poor countries?
The Reality and Propaganda of War
An honest conversation about foreign policy requires us to confront the brutality and imagery of violence.
Foreign Aid Is a Failure
Throwing good money at bad governments makes poor countries worse off.
Rand Paul: The Conservative Realist?
Sen. Rand Paul on ISIS, the Middle East, and when America should go to war
Death, Taxes, and American Aid to Israel
Three things you can count on: death, taxes, and American support for military contractors channeled through the tiny but prosperous democracy.