Archive for Doug Bandow
Budgetary Immortality
America will soon have a new president, and that means a new budget. Successive administrations and congresses routinely claim that they’ve squeezed the last possible unnecessary cent out of their spending proposals. But such claims simply cannot be taken seriously.
1Feb2001 | Doug Bandow | 1 comment | ContinuedAppeasing China, Backing Taiwan?
One of the powers that governments most jealously guard is that of determining who visits one’s country. Washington is notorious not only for barring people from coming to America permanently, but also for refusing to let people visit who might want to come permanently.
1Jan2001 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedForgotten War in a Forgotten Country
From a distance the jungle looks peaceful. Dense, green plant growth covers hills that march endlessly onward. Primitive villages emerge in simple clearings: wood and bamboo buildings, covered by thatched roofs, sitting on stilts, and open to rain, animals, and mosquitoes.
1Dec2000 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Clinton Regulatory Miasma
It has been a sad spectacle: President Bill Clinton, desperate to salvage his scandal-laced legacy, crisscrossing the nation proposing new spending programs and regulatory initiatives with wild abandon. He seems determined to jettison perhaps his one good bequest to the nation: a less loony left-wing Democratic Party.
1Nov2000 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedThe End of U.N. Peacekeeping
The dismal experience of Sierra Leone has struck yet another blow against United Nations peacekeeping. America’s U.N. Ambassador, Richard Holbrooke, plaintively argues that Sierra Leone “is not a metaphor for UN peacekeeping.” But how could it be otherwise?
1Oct2000 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedBipartisan Drug Entitlement
Washington came close to wrecking the U.S. health-care system in 1994. Only resolute resistance to the Clinton administration’s proposal to take over American medicine prevented this nation from proceeding down the disastrous path of nationalized care prevalent around the world. Although defeated in his attempt to gulp down the health-care system, President Clinton has succeeded [...]
1Sep2000 | Doug Bandow | 1 comment | ContinuedVisiting the Killing Fields
Phnom Penh, Cambodia—The white monument juts up 40 feet or so, dominating the surrounding fields and trees. From a distance it looks like it could commemorate most anything—a military victory, important statesman, or historical event. But this monument is different. It is filled with skulls.
1Aug2000 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedEconomic Freedom or Foreign Aid?
In a world of plenty want abounds. To blame are big corporations, international trade, and open markets, according to demonstrators who have been attacking the World Trade Organization. In fact, they couldn’t get it more wrong. Economic liberty and exchange offer the world’s poor the best hope of a better future.
1Jul2000 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedA Republic, Not An Empire: Reclaiming America’s Destiny
“The year 1989 was the American moment,” writes Patrick Buchanan in A Republic, Not An Empire. The United States was supreme around the globe. “But such moments never last,” he continues. Rather than leaving others with no choice but to break U.S. power, Buchanan writes, “It is time to let go of empire.” A Republic, [...]
1Jun2000 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedNATO’s Disastrous Victory in Kosovo
A Year ago the administration was beating the war drums in the Balkans. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, in particular, had proved more interested in bombing Serbia than encouraging a settlement. And bomb the United States did, for 78 days. The result is a policy of failure veering toward disaster.
1Jun2000 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedAmerica in East Asia
Doug Bandow, a nationally syndicated columnist, is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the author and editor of several books, including Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World. The Cold War ended a decade ago, but America’s defense posture has changed little, especially in East Asia. Washington policymakers seem determined [...]
1May2000 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedCut Taxes, Not the Debt
Last fall’s standoff over the budget between the Republican Congress and Democratic President generated a curious by-product: more money to reduce the national debt. Some analysts want to devote future surpluses to the same purpose, perhaps eventually paying off the entire $5.6 trillion national debt.
1Apr2000 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedStealing from ATM Machines
Naturally, the politicos argue that they are protecting the public interest. But—shock!—it turns out that banks are willing to fight back. In November, Bank of America and Wells Fargo announced that noncustomers would not be able to use the banks’ ATM machines in Santa Monica.
1Mar2000 | Doug Bandow | 1 comment | ContinuedWhat Ain’t Broke: The Renewed Call for Conscription
The draft has been dead for more than a quarter century. Despite a rocky start, the All-Volunteer Force (AVF) now provides America with the highest quality military in its history and the finest armed services in the world. Yet recruiting and retention problems have begun to appear. As a result, there are an increasing number of calls for a return to conscription.
1Feb2000 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedNew Excuses for Old Failures
Doug Bandow, a nationally syndicated columnist, is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the author and editor of several books, including Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World. Foreign aid, argues President Bill Clinton, is “designed to keep our soldiers out of war.” He threatened to veto this year’s $12.7 [...]
1Jan2000 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | ContinuedDecoding the North Korean Enigma
That the so-called Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is able to create so much unease, even in the capital of the world’s sole superpower, demonstrates the foolhardiness of America’s continued entanglement in essentially peripheral security matters. In the short run, Washington should attempt to ease the Korean peninsula’s transition to a new peaceful order.
1Dec1999 | Doug Bandow | 1 comment | ContinuedEmotive Policymaking
Doug Bandow, a nationally syndicated columnist, is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and the author and editor of several books, including Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World. We live in an age of paradox. Media saturation following events like the murders at Columbine High School makes it appear that [...]
1Nov1999 | Doug Bandow | 0 comments | Continued-
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