| May 7, 2014 | Peace / SecuritySouth Korea and U.S. intelligence sources believe that North Korea is on the brink of another nuclear test. What is Washington doing to stop it? Very little. Washington hasn’t even picked up the phone to call Pyongyang. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has...
| Dec 27, 2013 | Peace / SecurityBack in 1898 when George Curzon coined the term, “the Great Game” while he served as viceroy of India, the United States was just putting on its imperial uniform. Countries are “pieces on a chessboard upon which is being played out a great game for...
| Jun 5, 2013 | Food / FarmingAmerican consumers may not even notice the change if a newly proposed takeover by China’s largest meat processor of our nation’s leading pork company goes through. But the $4.7 billion transaction would certainly show up on our plates: in the form of...
| Apr 10, 2013 | Peace / SecurityBribe and gun And dagger lurk, For us to make Our empire work. Ruling the world, as our government does, is tricky. Uncle Sam can never relax. The moment resisters in some subservient country, like Pakistan, sense weakness, they test him. He can’t afford to be...
