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Gephardt Is Preparing a Measure to Legalize Illegal Immigrants

July 23, 2002
The United States is home to millions of illegal immigrants, many of them from Mexico, who have become a major chunk of the American labor force. Before September 11, President Bush talked with Mexican President Vicente Fox about the possibility of granting amnesty to some of those immigrants, but...

Managing Globalization

September 21, 2007
The global impact of the US subprime mortgage crisis prompts some commentators to question if globalization is a stabilizing or destabilizing force on world markets. Increased interconnectedness has certainly improved the flow of money and credit, contributing to the creation of great wealth, but...

Only Hussein Had Full Picture

October 7, 2004
Based on in depth interrogations with a cooperative Saddam Hussein, a report by the CIA's Iraq Survey Group released Wednesday revealed that the former Iraqi leader’s purported stock of destructive arms was all smoke and mirrors. Apparently, Hussein kept a close watch on his weapons program,...

Fighting Imported Corruption

April 5, 2011
Indians are furious and astounded about recent corruption cases, where large ill-gotten funds have vanished. In an essay for Business Standard, Devesh Kapur and Arvind Subramanian blame the ease in cross-border transfer of funds. The pair contends that as money is concentrated in fewer hands, it’s...

US and EU Seek Common Ground on Farm Trade

July 30, 2003
At a recent meeting in Montreal, European and American trade ministers agreed to seek common ground on the issue of farm subsidies before they meet in Cancun in September. Farm trade liberalization has long polarized the US and the EU, and threatens to bring the upcoming WTO meeting to a deadlock...

Vive La Vélorution

November 13, 2007
Confronting astronomical gas costs and clogged city arteries, urban residents find a new way to get around. In exchange for little to no fee, they can temporarily rent a bicycle from stations scattered throughout the city and leave them at the destination. The system is wildly popular: For the...

Containment, Not Appeasement

January 17, 2007
Despite substantial opposition both in the US and around the globe, the Bush administration resisted containment of Saddam Hussein and led the invasion of Iraq. Struggling to control the nation almost four years later, the US president resists diplomacy with characters who happen to be neighbors to...

Russia Must Not Slip into Autocracy

September 24, 2003
Russia is officially a democratic country, but recent political shifts have made it seem otherwise. Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged to crack down on corruption, but the latest prosecution efforts have been tainted with corruption themselves. Freedom of the press is largely...
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