By Jason Kuznicki. US News and World Report Online. December 17, 2012.
Of course gay marriage should be left to the states. Indeed, all marriage should be left to the states. Search the U.S. Constitution from…
By Doug Bandow. Korea Times. December 16, 2012.
Why should the U.S. be expected to do South Korea’s job?
By Christopher A. Preble. The New Republic: The Plank. December 14, 2012.
It would be a mistake for the United States to intervene any
further than it already has in Syria.
By Doug Bandow. American Spectator (Online). December 14, 2012.
With an Arab Fall if not Winter dominating the Middle East, the
U.S. is under pressure to intervene even more. Unfortunately,
reliance on imported oil continues to entangle Washington in the
Middle East’s volatile politics. Some analysts advocate more
subsidies for alternative energy in response. It would be better to …
By Ted Galen Carpenter. National Interest (Online). December 14, 2012.
As Enrique Peña Nieto takes the reins as Mexico’s
president, optimists in the war on drugs argue that the worst is
over regarding the violence that has convulsed his country over the
past six years and left at least 60,000 dead. The centerpiece of
that argument is the improved situation in Ciudad Juárez,
directly across the border from El Paso. For several years, …
By Ted Galen Carpenter. Gulan Media. December 13, 2012.
Recent weeks have seen a striking ebb and flow of tensions
between Iraq’s central government in Baghdad and the Kurdish
Regional Government (KRG). To some extent this is not new. A number
of quarrels have been simmering for years. Disputes over oil
revenues and the extent of the KRG’s authority to conclude economic
agreements with foreign corporations have led to repeated political …