Month: March 2014

. Where Syria Fits in the World’s Oil Supply System Syria itself isn’t a major oil producer. The country’s exports have been severely restricted by U.S. and European Union sanctions in recent years and its...

Iraq is finally beginning to produce the oil that the Bush-Cheney administration thought they would when they made the decision to invade back in early 2001. It’s a good thing, too, because Libya isn’t producing up...

There is nothing in Henry Kissinger’s advice for handling the crisis in Ukraine that I disagree with, but I think it’s incomplete. He explains the historical, sectarian, ethnic, linguistic, and regional issues very...

Remember when Staples was the crown jewel of Mitt Romney’s business experience? It was the one example he could point to where he actually helped create new jobs rather than destroying them in leveraged buyouts. Well, even...

“New Democrat” is synonymous with “neo-liberal” and DLC politicians.  Anyone confused as to how they differ in public policy orientation only has to look at current events in New York....