Archive for Doug Bandow

Emotive 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 | | 0 comments | Continued

Health Care: Over the Canadian Cliff?

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. Everyone in Washington recognizes that Medicare is headed over a financial cliff. The growth in spending continues to outpace that of revenues; [...]

1Oct1999 | | 1 comment | Continued

A Superpowers Prerogative

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. Being in love means never having to say you’re sorry. Being a superpower apparently means the same thing. At least, that appears [...]

1Sep1999 | | 0 comments | Continued

Voluntarism Should Be Voluntary

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. Service is good, so government-provided service must be better. That appears to be the motto of the Clinton administration. And the GOP [...]

1Aug1999 | | 0 comments | Continued

Warmongering for Peace

Doug Bandow, a nationally syndicated columnist, is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. This article draws on his testimony before the House International Relations Committee in early March. The United States bestrides the world as a military colossus. By far the dominant global power, it is allied with every other major advanced industrialized state. [...]

1Jul1999 | | 1 comment | Continued

Balkans Bungling: Why Only Congress Can Declare War

When the U.S. attacked Yugoslavia earlier this year, it inaugurated war against another sovereign state that had not attacked or threatened America or an American ally. The President, and the President alone, made the decision. The constitutional requirement that only Congress shall declare war is obviously a dead letter.

1Jun1999 | | 0 comments | Continued

Congressional Lost Opportunities

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. Although Republicans retain the control of Congress that they won in 1994, they have done little good with their power. President Bill [...]

1May1999 | | 2 comments | Continued

Think Tank Wars and the Minimum Wage

True to form, Senator Edward Kennedy is pushing legislation to hike the minimum wage 41 percent, to $7.25 per hour by September 2002. President Bill Clinton has naturally jumped on the bandwagon, though he only wants to go to $6.15 an hour. He declared before last November’s election: “We are fighting hard for the dignity of living wage [sic] in the face of partisanship that refused us last time.”

1Apr1999 | | 0 comments | Continued

America’s Forgotten War

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 war that did the most to transform the world for the worse was formally settled 80 years ago. Not World War [...]

1Mar1999 | | 0 comments | Continued

The Costs of War: America’s Pyrrhic Victories edited by John V. Denson

Transaction Publishers • 1997 • 450 pages • $44.95 cloth; $29.95 paperback Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and author of Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World. He formerly served as a special assistant to President Reagan. Advocates of limited government have long known that war and [...]

1Feb1999 | | 0 comments | Continued

Alliances: What’s Friendship Got to Do With It?

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. America is the “indispensable nation,” as Secretary of State Madeleine Albright likes to put it. But while the United States is supposedly [...]

1Feb1999 | | 0 comments | Continued

Public Failure, Private Response

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. President Bill Clinton has called for a “national crusade” on education. Naturally, that means spending more money: he would have Washington hire [...]

1Jan1999 | | 0 comments | Continued

Service Muddles in Washington

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. For presidents and generals, the Cold War made military policy easy. The U.S. armed forces had to contain the Soviet Union; everything [...]

1Dec1998 | | 0 comments | Continued

Murderous Nostalgia

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. Among America’s more significant actors and singers was Paul Robeson, born a century ago. His centennial is being celebrated with film retrospectives, [...]

1Nov1998 | | 2 comments | Continued

The Folly of Economic Warfare

Belgrade, Yugoslavia—“What we say goes,” was George Bush’s famous remark after the Gulf War. That remains American policy, and U.S. policymakers are increasingly using economic sanctions to enforce their will. Burma, Cuba, Iraq, and North Korea are ongoing targets.

1Oct1998 | | 2 comments | Continued

Is Anyone Still for Limited Government?

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 collapse of the supposed Republican Revolution has demonstrated the truth of George Wallace’s taunt three long decades ago: there ain’t a [...]

1Sep1998 | | 3 comments | Continued

Outmoded Paternalism

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. Every month seems to bring another tragic death from binge drinking at a fraternity party. That has led to predictable cries for [...]

1Aug1998 | | 2 comments | Continued
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