The amount of money we spend on humanitarian efforts is far too small to be considered a major area of budgetary waste.

It has also always been one face of American empire. Established during the Cold War to counter Soviet influence, the agency ...

A stunning and informative graphic from the National Post. Why are we doing this? How can we possibly afford it? Over to you, Bill Kauffman. This is a good place to commend to you my TAC colleague ...

The history of every empire, ancient or modern ... functioning democracy to be fully integrated into a still-developing American world order. Yet for more than 200 years, Russia’s governance ...

Before Trump, was Greenland on the radar of American imperialists ... What’s the connection between that name and this sense of empire? There was some—not a huge amount, but some—discussion ...

Britain’s budget deficit: 4.7% of GDP. France’s deficit: 5.5% of GDP. America’s deficit: 6.5% of GDP. France and Britain face ...

The group that receives the least from the system is the indispensable bulwark of American patriotism and identity. Escaping the trap of empire does not mean abandoning global power and becoming a ...

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Foreign aid is seen as especially wasteful because the money doesn’t flow back to the American taxpayer, and is especially vulnerable to abuse when it flows into countries run by corrupt ...