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U.S. Labor Force: Where Have All the Workers Gone?
It's not supposed to be this way. As the U.S. economy recovers, hirings increase and people are encouraged to look for jobs again. Instead, the ratio of the adult population with jobs, or looking for...
View ArticleEducation Reform Run Amuck
As a military leader I spent much of my time developing grand strategies but I always knew our success depended on the ability and commitment of the people on the firing line. I dedicated my book, From...
View ArticleFor Japan, Policy So Far Is Too Little Too Late
For all Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's energy, he needs to think deeper and work harder still. Japan's economy requires radical and fundamental reform. Yet much of what Abe has done so far is...
View ArticleGentlemen at War
I just finished reading a terrific book on the Kim Philby case, Ben Macintyre's A Spy Among Friends. A wonderful page-turner, better than most novels, it reveals a great deal about history as well. Kim...
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Prominent HIV/AIDS Organizations Oppose California's A.B. 1576
On Monday, Aug. 4, the California Senate Committee on Appropriations heard final testimonies from proponents and opponents of A.B. 1576. They will go into a vote on the bill by Aug. 15. The bill...
View ArticleThe Death of a General and the Racket of a War
Five years ago this month, the New York Times, under the bylines of James Risen and Mark Lander, published a front-page profile of Marshal Mohammad Fahim, a notorious and bloody Afghan warlord and...
View ArticleWhy Is America 50 Years Behind the Times When It Comes to the Death Penalty?
Fifty years ago today, the last executions took place in England. A pair of young men were hung at the same time, though in different prisons. I do not remember these executions, but I do remember when...
View ArticleFirst and Foremost, Border-Children Crisis Is a Civil Courts Crisis
When it comes to the border crisis involving unaccompanied minors seeking entry into the United States, there are plenty of epic failures to go around. You can blame Congress for failing to address...
View ArticleFrom Suffrage to Sufferance
History has shown that women have a more nurturing nature than men, and thus tend to be more sensitive to environmental concerns if educated enough to comprehend the threats. But a little knowledge can...
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Debt Disaster for Argentina? (Don't Hold Your Breath for It)
Last Wednesday (30 July) the Argentine government found itself in default on its external debt. If you read my previous article on this singular "default", you know that just over ten years ago the...
View ArticleIsraeli Media Blaming Kerry Reflects the Tortured Logic That Started the War...
By the second week of the Gaza war, Israeli media were decided that Secretary of State John Kerry's diplomacy was fatally inept. Presumably, much of the subsequent suffering on both sides might be laid...
View ArticleWalgreen Co. Did the Right Thing, But Most Corporations Won't Without a...
I experienced a brief moment of joy when news broke last week that pharmacy chain Walgreens has, for now, set aside plans to invert, which is a euphemism for using paperwork to reincorporate as a...
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Sucked Down by a DREAMer's Ambush Interview
In fairness to Representative King, he was trapped. Two determined DREAMers, Erika Andiola and Cesar Vargas, had him cornered -- completely hemmed-in, half-way through a hamburger. It was a political...
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Give Youth a Chance
In a region such as the Middle East, high hopes stand alongside great dangers. As a young Israeli, I remember waking-up to days of a new dawn and waking-up to days of thick fog, through which the...
View ArticleOne Percenter Sacrifices Some of His Wealth to Raise Minimum Wage
Who knew that a former executive at General Electric, a company widely-known for its tax dodging and outrageous lobbying expenses, would take a bold, selfless stand against income inequality as...
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How John Boehner Gets Re-Elected: Avoiding Women, Minorities
How does John Boehner get re-elected? Ask his big-nosed friend, Gerry. Gerry Mander. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, third in line to the White House, is elected by a very...
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McLenin's: The Taste of Communism
After imposing a "full embargo" on food imports from the West, Russia has made it clear that the latest sanctions are politically motivated. And who's sorry now? Rather than hurting American, Canadian...
View ArticlePrinciples in the Paradox: United States Foreign Policy
"Don't do stupid s***." I have said this to my three boys when they were going out for the weekend in high school, but there is a different context for this slogan. This supposedly is a premise upon...
View ArticleWhat White People Can Do About the Killing of Black Men in America
'Can we switch for just one day?' my friend Sean jokingly asked me as we were working out at the gym. 'No, way' I said firmly. You see, Sean is black and I am white and Sean was suggesting that we swap...
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