Tag: the power problem

Another Middle East Debacle?

Richard C. Young - August 15, 2014

A new air war in Iraq or Syria or, as Pat Buchanan asks, World War III for Iraq? Pat writes, “Congress must be forced...

In Support of Justin Amash

Richard C. Young - August 4, 2014

The reserved foreign policy stance of Michigan Rep. Justin Amash is anathema to the War Dogs. And in Tuesday’s Michigan primaries, the WDs are...

S.2277 the Russian Aggression Prevention Act of 2014

Richard C. Young - July 29, 2014

This act, introduced in the Senate by Bob Corker and the Republicans, potentially is going to bring the GOP, if not the country, to...

Marching Toward Hell II

Richard C. Young - June 27, 2014

Michael Scheuer, former CIA Chief of the bin Laden unit, writes in Marching Toward Hell that the Founders intended the United States to be:...

Post-War on Terror

Richard C. Young - June 3, 2014

Cato Institute Senior Fellow Chris Preble was interviewed by John Amble at warontherocks.com. America's policy makers should read Chris's answer to Amble's question on what the...

Obama’s Weak Tea

Richard C. Young - June 2, 2014

President Obama’s West Point foreign policy speech earned the president few new friends. The effort was largely directionless and lacking in foundation. Given that...

Sadness and Fright

Richard C. Young - May 25, 2014

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has apparently cast his lot with the War Dogs of intervention. In a speech before "philanthropists," Christie sat at...

Tea Party Time

Richard C. Young - May 22, 2014

In Unstoppable, which is going to spread like a raging brush fire, Ralph Nader offers a real plan to dismantle the corporate state. Debbie...

Army to Shrink to Pre-World War II Level?

Richard C. Young - March 1, 2014

The New York Times reports here that such is the case intended by the Pentagon. The Cato Institute's Chris Preble in The Power Problem has previously...