This article was first published in March 2016 under the title Ruling Elite Grows Desperate to Destroy Trump’s Presidential Bid In the wake of the November 8 elections, it is […] More

Congress’s official count of new laws, in the Resume of Congressional Activity, got it wrong for the 2013 legislative session. If Congress can’t count its own laws, they have some […] More

In my last post on congressional productivity I wrote that so far in the 113th Congress (2013-2014) the fewest number of bills have been enacted than in any corresponding time period in […] More

CIA Flight Map. Courtesy Reprieve. Khaled al-Masri, a German citizen, was kidnapped January 2004 in Macedonia, then tortured and interrogated by U.S. authorities for alleged links to terrorism. When […] More

It is unfortunate that economists have to debate whether natural resources are a blessing or a curse for a developing nation. Minerals, diamonds or oil may appear to represent […] More

One of the biggest economic and political stories of this decade has been China’s emergence as the world’s biggest creditor country. At least in a ‘flow” sense. China’s current account […] More

In yet another sign of obvious Western escalation in the war against Syria, U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Monday that an additional 250 American military personnel will be deployed […] More

Blackwater protest. Photo by rjosef. Under under Creative Commons license. When Blackwater offered Salva Kiir, the president of South Sudan, a package of military aid, they arranged a delivery […] More