Brexit – A Portent for the EU and Possibly for the U.S.
By Richard Larsen.
Bigger is rarely better. Especially when it comes to governance. The “bigger” government is, the more detached from the governed it becomes; the more onerous its regulations and taxes become, and it becomes more [...]
Elie Wiesel Already Restless in His Grave
By Allen Schmertzler.
A perplexing question for Sigmund Freud was “when is a cigar not a cigar?” Or, “when is a small hand not a hand?” The easy answer is it depends on the overt flavor of the content. This is similar [...]
Bernie Manages To Turn A Win Into A Loss
By Peter Rosenstein.
Here was a 74 year old man, with a disheveled look and not many actual successes to his credit, who excited a younger generation with his Anti-Wall Street, single payer healthcare, and free college message. They treated [...]
Framers Implied Breaking Glass Ceilings
By Allen Schmertzler.
July 4th used to be my favorite national holiday. It was about country, non-partisan and without overt religiosity, and for a kid, the only time blowing stuff up was celebrated by your parents. I loved seeing [...]
The Causes of Brexit
By Julian French.
Warsaw, Poland. 27 June. The causes of Brexit that I have heard thus far are as follows:
The politics of austerity, the collapse of the Labour Party and the loss of the white working and not-so-working class, [...]
Ukraine and Indonesia: a Productive Partnership Despite the Distance
By Jamil Maidan.
On 28 June 1996, after five years of independence, Ukraine adopted its Constitution. The twentieth anniversary of this milestone is, for Ukraine, an opportunity to assess the country’s place within the [...]
Brexit from Poland
By Julian French.
Warsaw, Poland. 29 June. It has been an interesting couple of days. My reason for coming here on the eve of the NATO Warsaw Summit was to present my new paper, NATO: The Enduring Alliance 2016 for the [...]
Accidental Divorce
By Jeremy Sare.
British politics is growing up to be more like the US. And with it comes a deeply divided nation, an angry electorate and wholesale deception from ruthless politicians.
The reason for calling a UK referendum on [...]
A ‘Democratic’ Challenge to Democracy
By Jamil Maidan.
In the United States, the reverberations are still being felt from the mass shooting of club goers in Orlando, Florida, by the American-born son of Afghan immigrants.
In the midst of the savagery, the shooter [...]
The Complex Hillary Clinton
By Robert Slayton.
In many ways Hillary Clinton is a paradox, someone who does not fit our standard configuration of how a politician performs and what skills they bring to a successful career. Yet she is now a presumptive [...]
“Solution to Domestic Terrorism is Not Gun Control”
By Richard Larsen.
In the face of the horrible terrorist attack in Orlando this week, Senate Democrats filibustered, holding the floor of the Senate hostage in order to enact more gun control legislation. What they seem incapable of acknowledging, [...]
So long, Britain
By Josep Colomer.
When I finally got a passport, my first trip was to Paris, which was the closest ‘abroad’ place from Barcelona. The second was to London. Since then I travelled to London more times than to any other [...]
Muhammad Ali rewrote the rule book for athletes as celebrities and activists
By Jamil Maidan.
The descriptor “icon” is vastly overused in these celebrity-fixated times, but it could have been invented for Muhammad Ali, who died on Saturday aged 74. Thirty-five years after he threw his last punch [...]
Sore Losers & Passing the Buck
By John Mariotti.
A Sore Losers Box at the Conventions
Both Political Conventions are coming in a few short weeks and seem to have one thing in common. Whoever is nominated, somebody won’t like it—or those people—might [...]
When Will the Cyber 9/11 Strike the USA?
By John mariotti.
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Anyone who has read the news lately must have noticed how many instances of hacking and cyber-intrusions are being reported. The U.S. government seems to be among the most vulnerable and the Chinese [...]
Party Platforms and Core Principles
By Richard Larsen.
There are issues that some conservatives ardently embrace which, in their minds, make them “real conservatives,” distinguishing them from “faux conservatives,” to whom they have applied a myriad of pejorative [...]
Crippling uncertainty–Obama’s dilemma: what to do next?
By John Mariotti.
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”Most Americans are hesitant to engage in military conflicts that cost American lives, in faraway places, against amorphous [...]
The Doctor, the Lawsuit and “Exceeding Authorized Access”
By Susan Brenner.
This post examines an opinion the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued in a civil case: Padmanabhan v. Healey, 2016 WL 409673 (2016).
The District Court Judge begins by noting that “[t]his [...]
Driverless cars – a terrorist delight
By John Mariotti.
Unless you have been on a desert island or a mountaintop with no news, you’ve no doubt heard about all the hacking going on. Banks get hacked. The Cloud gets hacked for nude photos of celebs. The Department [...]
Saudis Reportedly Funding 20% of Clinton’s Presidential Campaign
By Stephen Lendman.
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Deep pockets buy enormous influence, Saudi ones among the deepest – used for fostering and proliferating state terrorism along with committing other high crimes.
According to a Middle East Eye [...]