NY Times: Foreign Aid Slashed To All But Israel
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 14th, 2011 4:36 am by HL
NY Times: Foreign Aid Slashed To All But Israel
On Tuesday, the New York Times reported on page one that deficit and debt hawks in both parties are planning massive foreign aid cuts for the coming year. Although foreign aid constitutes 1% of federal spending, it has long been…
Palestinian U.N. bid teaches us about America
The case of Palestine’s bid for U.N. membership is teaching us more about the United States than it is about the stubborn Middle East. Sadly, the United States, my country, heads the list of member nations making a mockery of…
What We Still Haven’t Learned From 9/11
Two days after the attacks 10 years ago, I said a few things in a 3-minute NPR commentary, broadcast on Sept. 13, 2001, that I think have stood the test of time. Now I’m thinking them again, but with a…