The Cost of American Militarism and an Absence of Debate

The Cost of American Militarism and an Absence of Debate

A recent report by Brown University’s Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs on the cost of America’s wars in the aftermath of 9/11 estimates a sum totalling $5.9 Trillion. It is a figure virtually identical to the $6 Trillion figure projected by Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government in 2013 to be the eventual…

From Brexit to ‘Brokexit’

From Brexit to ‘Brokexit’

British Prime Minister Theresa May has repeatedly urged that the “national interest” is at stake over her Brexit plan. She is calling for businesses and politicians to rally around safeguarding ordinary people’s jobs and livelihoods – and to back her draft divorce deal with the European Union. A parliamentary vote is due in the coming…