Noah Smith - Bloomberg
At the Republican convention in Cleveland, billionaire investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel introduced two bold new ideas to his conservative audience.
Lindsay Koshgarian - New York Times
In “A Better, Not Fatter, Defense Budget” (editorial, May 9), you hint at but do not fully disclose the extent to which a Pentagon run amok shortchanges our way of life.
Mark Karlin - Buzzflash at Truthout
In the absence of newly declared war, how would the military-industrial complex prosper without terrorism?
Eric Pianin - Fiscal Times
Billionaire Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, has boasted that, if elected, he would spend whatever it takes to rebuild the U.S. military and make short work of the ISIS terrorists in Syria and Iraq.
Wahab Raofi - Huffington Post
“Peace is at hand.” Americans of a certain age will remember the phrase. It was spoken by U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1972, in reference to the war in Vietnam. Today, I can with the same degree of confidence say that peace is at hand in Afghanistan.
Mark Karlin - BuzzFlash at Truthout
The US empire strikes back with a permanent global military presence that enriches corporations while decimating lives.
Jasmine Tucker - Truthout
US corporations enjoy US infrastructure, talent and other resources, but they're not giving back financially.
Jeanne Sahadi - CNN Money
So, you've probably just finished settling up your 2015 income tax bill with the IRS. But unlike with other bills -- say, for groceries, utilities and clothes -- you may not be sure exactly what you just paid for. The answer is: A lot of things.
Sharon Johnson - Women's E-News Network
The gap between male and female earnings is narrowing, but at such a slow pace it could take 40 years to close completely. To learn what government might do to speed things up, we turned to Lindsay Koshgarian, research director of the National Priorities Project, a nonprofit research organization in ...
David Rutter - Chicago Tribune
Everyone who ever witnessed a massive, soulless waste of money has played the "what if they used that money for something important" quiz.
