A (not so) Dream Vacation in La Belle
America has become La Belle in many aspects. Take the food system, for example. Rather than fresh food being delivered from farms to consumers, we have created this complex web…
Can the U.S. Claim Victory in Iraq?
Following the withdrawal of combat forces from Iraq in December 2011, can the U.S. claim victory or did the Obama administration adopt the face-saving solution of “Just declare victory and…
The Invasion of Iraq Ten Years Later: A Mistake That Should Not Be Forgotten
I can remember it like yesterday. I was in Chicago at a Centers for Disease Control conference for work and it was going to happen - we were going to…
Planetary Pessimism
At the ending of his important new book, “The Social Conquest of Earth,” evolutionary biologist E.O. Wilson writes: “Earth, by the twenty-second century, can be turned, if we so wish,…
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Propaganda: North Korea Perspective on US, Western Civilization
On a trip to visit family in Seoul in April, I was approached by a man and a woman who claimed to be North Korean defectors. They presented me with…
US Government Continues to Neglect Returning War Veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs has been severely criticized for the diagnoses of wounded veterans with a personality disorder, instead of PTSD, thus denying them disability pay and medical benefits.…
Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age
By Steven Hill Editor’s note: The following article has been excerpted from Mr. Hill’s forthcoming book: Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age…