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Why the Kings of Bhutan Ride Bicycles
Bhutan has pioneered the use of Gross National Happiness (GNH) as a measure of progress, instead of the more commonly used GNP. GNH measures not only economic activity, but …
The Case for Controlling Capital Outflows
Emerging countries, and even some low-income ones, are being flooded by short-term capital flows which they do not need; much of this money originates via the carry trade from …
Let’s Not “Reform” Public Education
Recently, I had the honor of being dubbed a “vapid champion of the status quo” by American Enterprise Institute (AEI) resident education scholar Frederick Hess, a widely published, renowned …
What Concealed Carry Law?
China-US Summit: Which Country Gained the Most?
Washington - Before leaving Washington for a public-diplomacy tour in Chicago Friday, Chinese President Hu Jintao called for a “win-win” relationship between the United States and China. While it …
Here’s One for the Birthers: Is GE’s Jeffrey Immelt Really an American?
If President Barack Obama had announced this week that he was appointing Japan’s Takanobu Ito, president and CEO of Honda, to head his new Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, …
An American Suicide Terrorist
The shooter of Congresswoman Giffords acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodbye” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of …
GOP’s State of the Union Responder Would Set Higher Taxes on Middle-Class Than Millionaires
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) was announced today as the Republican who will be responding to President Obama’s State of the Union address next week. Ryan has …
In Israel/Palestine, Occupation Has No Future
In the Fall of 2009 I had the privilege of following a delegation of US veterans and war resisters traveling to Israel/Palestine to meet with their Israeli counterparts in …
Kabul Showdown: Afghan Lawmakers Threaten to Defy Karzai
Kabul, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai will meet with Afghan lawmakers Saturday in a last-ditch attempt to resolve their differences over a disputed election and avert a clash that …