Tag / The Lonely Superpower
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Why the GOP Loses with Latinos
Mitt Romney rarely scores a knockout. Usually, his victory (or concession) speeches feature words of caution about it being a long race and that slowly but surely he will garner the delegates necessary to win the GOP nomination. He may think that prospect is inevitable, but to everyone else it just looks interminable. With that…
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In Defense of Defense
As Thanksgiving approaches, the minds of Americans turn to thoughts of turkey, family, football, and the crippling national debt. While Europe continues to have its goose cooked, a secretive congressional “super-committee” (composed chiefly of super-partisans) is supposedly scurrying to complete a budget deficit plan before a Thanksgiving deadline. If they do not reach a consensus…
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A Drop In the Bucket
Globalization does have its limits. Although it is too early to call it a trend, many American manufacturers have begun to return some of their production from overseas in a process known as “reshoring”. Notable companies planning reshoring include Ford, General Electric, Otis, and several others. Executives for these corporations are quick to point out…
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Achievement Gap
The current presidential campaign is, and of right ought to be, focused almost entirely on the economy. With the exception of ongoing debates about immigration and international trade policy, most of the soundbites and stump speeches have tended to revolve around the opaquely ambiguous issues of job creation and fantastic tax and entitlement reform plans.…
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Western Opportunism
For the past 8 years, Muammar Qaddafi thought himself successfully rehabilitated. He had reset his relationships with the West, leaving him comfortably without enemies and invulnerable to West-approved regime change. Though his Libyan regime had comfortably played the role of international pariah for decades, in 2003 Qaddafi began to rethink the most anti-Western of his…
