Shikha Dalmia was a senior analyst at Reason Foundation.
Why Ground Troops Won't Work Against ISIS
Sometimes even when there is a will there is no way
Shikha Dalmia
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The Will and the Way Problem With Defeating ISIS
Why boots-on-ground, Western or Muslim, are not a good strategy
Is America's Military Interventionism an Extension of Its Gun Culture?
Tyler Cowen makes a fascinating but wanting argument.
Cruz and Rubio Are On the Path to Mutually Assured Destruction on Immigration
Each is trying to paint the other as more pro-amnesty
The GOP Candidates Go Bonkers on Syrian Refugees
Even Rubio has lost his marbles on this issue
Does the Libertarian Support for Gun Rights Lead to U.S. Foreign Policy Adventurism?
A response to Tyler Cowen
Why the Paris Climate Change Agreement Will Fail
World leaders are looking in all the wrong places for a solution
The Climate Change Fakery at Paris
The good news is that the world has time to burn and still solve the problem
Are Hispanic Immigrants America's Best Defense Against Tyranny?
They may be friends of the welfare state but they are enemies of the police state just as Madison intended.
A State's Rights Approach to Immigration Reform
Allowing states to issue their own guest worker visas will enhance national security and economy.
Donald Trump's 4 Brain Farts on Trade and Immigration
The dangerous nonsense he's peddling will pollute the GOP for years
President Hillary Clinton May Not Be Able to Tape Back The Obamacare Humpty Dumpty
United Health's warning that it may pull out may cause the program to fall apart
Rich Lowry's Overwrought Slam on Obama's Call to Admit Syrian Refugees
Committing American boots on the ground is not a morally superior option to taking refugees
Banning Syrian Refugees Won't Make America Safer, Only More Ashamed of Itself
If ISIS victims are banned from America, only ISIS will get in
Trump's Morally Retarded Plan to "Make America Great Again" Through Operation Wetback and the Trump Wall
He'll kill everything exceptional about America
The Dangers of Trump's Militaristic Isolationalism
Trump is a threat to the United States and the world.
Obama's Cynicism Just Screwed Over Undocumented Latinos Big Time
A 5th Circuit panel just blocked the implementation of DAPA, effectively killing the program
Trump's Radical Isolationism and the Crisis of White Middle-Class America
He's succeeding because he has both a scapegoat and a solution for hurting Americans
Donald Trump Finally Sees the Light On Foreign Techies
After maligning Rubio, he now says they are economic assets and shouldn't be sent packing.
How Climate Change Activism Harms Third World Countries
The world can't avert climate catastrophe without climate injustice.
Trump Lied His Way to the Truth on Foreign Techies
Foreign STEM workers don't threaten American jobs or wages or apple pie
Why Brute Force Will be Necessary to Avert "Climate Catastrophe"
Sweet talk at Paris can't eliminate the Sophie's Choice that the world faces
The Bogus Concerns Behind Hillary Clinton's TPP Switcheroo
She'll even sell out her husband's trade legacy to get elected.
Why Is Hillary Throwing Obama's Core Legacy on Free Trade Under the Bus?
She was for the TPP before she was against it
How Silicon Valley Is Abetting Anti-Beef Hindu Barbarians in India
Mark Zuckerberg can atone for embracing Narendra Modi by sponsoring for asylum the family of the man lynched for eating beef.
Mark Zuckerberg Should Sponsor for Asylum the Family of Indian Muslim Lynched for Eating Beef
Silicon Valley's shameless courting of Indian PM Modi has fed the flames of Hindu zealotry in India
The Government Is the Other Villain in Volkswagen's DieselGate Scandal
It's not the company's greed, but the bad incentives produced by aggressive regulations that are to blame
Volkswagen CEO Resigns Over Diesel Cheating Scandal
Shouldn't it get some points for combating global warming though?
The Justice Department's $1 Billion GM Shakedown for the Cobalt Debacle
Victims will see very little of the criminal penalties that GM will pay
The Fact-Lite Iran Bashing at the GOP Debate
And can those who call Iran the Axis of Evil be too surprised at being called the Great Satan?
The Bogus Security Concerns Driving American Paralysis on Syrian Refugees
America's loss is Germany's gain.
The Obama Administration's Pathetic Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis
It has let hawkish security considerations defeat the purpose of America's asylum program
Will Trump's America Demand Quotas for Whites?
India's upper-caste protests show that the scenario is not so bizarre.
Could Trump Lead a Movement for White Racial Quotas One Day?
India's upper-caste quota wars suggest that racial quotas for whites are not so far fetched
As Republicans Go Batshit on Immigration, Democrats Turn Into Sweet Angels
Both sides have pulled a switcheroo to play identity politics with their base
In Defense of Asian Birth Tourism
Why Jeb Bush should pledge to roll out the welcome mat for them
Bush's Despicable Slam Against Asian Birth Tourists
They are a boon to America and should be greeted with open arms
The Death of Pro-Choice Republicans
The GOP once prided itself on being the big-tent party on abortion that - unlike Democratic fanatics - didn't have a litmus test on its candidates.
Jeb Bush Wants to Investigate Planned Parenthood, Which His Grandfather Helped Found
The Bush family's "evolving" position on abortion
Rand Paul's Massive Immigration Contradiction
The drug war dove becomes the GOP's leading immigration war hawk violating his own commitment to civil liberties
Does Britain Owe India Reparations for Colonial Rule?
Only if India owes reparations to dalits for the caste system
Rand Paul's Statue-of-Liberty-Sized Immigration Contradiction
He wants to protect civil liberties from the drug war but not the immigration war
Privatizing Marriage Is a Terrible Idea
It won't end the culture war but will lead to even more government interference in families
Civil Libertarian Rand Paul Becomes the Frontman for a Notorious Racial Profiling and Surveillance Program
He wants Muslim foreigners to be required to register with Uncle Sam
Rand Paul and Naomi Wolf Join Hands On Marriage
Both want to privatize marriage, but the idea doesn't make sense
