The U.S. Constitution mandates the federal government to provide for the country’s “general Welfare,” but the Right’s self-proclaimed “constitutionalists” object to any efforts to curb the catastrophic threat of global warming, as Lawrence Davidson notes.
Category: Human Rights
Fear in a Handful of Dust
Cop’s History an Issue in Toy-Gun Slaying
Who Controls US Foreign Policy?
NSA Spying’s Economic Fallout
Peace Options on Iran
For decades, the default ideology of Official Washington’s foreign policy has been “tough-guy-ism,” wielding sticks and mocking those who offer carrots, a pattern that could start a disastrous war with Iran, say Tom H. Hastings and Erin E. Niemela.