Resource extraction impacts a global environment that is increasingly at severe risk.

In the American Jewish community, there is little willingness to face the fact that the Palestinian Arabs have suffered a monstrous historical injustice . . . Until this is recognized, discussion of the Middle East crisis cannot even begin.

A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.

There is a phrase in trade theory; it's called "kicking away the ladder." First you violate the rules - the market rules - and then by the time you succeed in developing, you kick away the ladders so others can't do it too, and you preach about "free trade."

During the 1990's, Colombia was the leading recipient of US military aid and training in the hemisphere. Approximately half of all US aid in the hemisphere went to Colombia. Colombia was also far and away the leading human rights violator in the hemisphere.

The entire socioeconomic system is based on production for profit and a growth imperative that cannot be sustained.

State formation has been a brutal project, with many hideous consequences. But the results exist, and their pernicious aspects should be overcome.