Pro: Rapidly aging weapons jeopardize national security
By MACKENZIE EAGLEN - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Washington wants to divert even more defense dollars to debt reduction—even in the face of the rapidly declining readiness of the U.S. military. This will only exacerbate the problem of how to meet the urgent need to conduct overdue maintenance on older ships, planes and vehicles.
Con: Restoring defense cuts will only encourage our war hawks
By JOHN B. QUIGLEY - Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
COLUMBUS, OHIO --
The real problem is that President Obama is treading too lightly with troop reduction. He would be well advised to take a page from the playbook of Republican presidential contender Ron Paul, who says we do not need to station troops around the world.
Pro: We should, but won’t
By ANDREW P. MORRISS - Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012
TUSCALOOSA, ALA. --
The administration’s opposition to domestic oil and gas production is bizarre because it has been promoting elsewhere exactly the efforts it blocks domestically.
Con: Higher prices prod consumers toward green energies of the future
By MICHAEL E. KRAFT - Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012
GREEN BAY -- Even with a strong push for more drilling offshore, onshore, and in Alaska, the reality is that the United States cannot drill its way to domestic oil abundance and lower gas prices.
Pro: U.S. must be willing to bomb Iran, but only as a last resort
By JAMES JAY CARAFANO - Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012
WASHINGTON -- Were we to stand idly by and let any nation shut down a vital international passage such as the Strait of Hormuz, it would lend credence to the view that the United States is now too weakened and timid to defend its sovereign rights.
Con: U.S. bombing unnecessary because Iran lacks the resources to block the strait
By IVAN ELAND - Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012
OAKLAND, CALIF. --
The United States would not need to take military action even if Iran did resort to such an irrational act as closing the Strait of Hormuz to shipping traffic.
Con: We’re still 10 million jobs short of boom times
By MARK WEISBROT - Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012
WASHINGTON --
Since America is a rich country, it is not growth itself that matters most but employment and, of course, the distribution of income. And the employment numbers are just terrible.
Pro: America seems poised to take off in 2012
By NICK SCHULZ - Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012
WASHINGTON --
The American private sector that is more productive and efficient than it has ever been. This has been a painful process for many American workers and their families who lost jobs or who faced an uncertain future. But the state of American business is strong today, with high profits and healthy balance sheets. This should serve the economy well this year and going forward.
Con: ‘Green energy’ is the best route to profitable public investment
By SANYA CARLEY & MARTIN HYMAN - Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012
BLOOMINGTON, IND. -- A study conducted in 2011 by the BlueGreen Alliance and the Economic Policy Institute confirmed the jobs benefits of green energy policies.
Pro: Strategy is sabotaging an economic recovery
By MARK J. PERRY - Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012
FLINT, MICH. --
At a time when more than 13 million Americans are unemployed, you’d think the president would be doing everything possible to stimulate employment. But his jobs-creation policy lacks direction and focus, based largely on blind faith in renewable energy sources and a childish trust in the good intentions of solar energy companies.
Con: Surge of Islam is a response to years of bad policies from the White House
By JOHN B. QUIGLEY - Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012
COLUMBUS, OHIO --
American presidents have created political Islam and are still its main facilitators.
Pro: Radical Muslim power grabs in key Arab nations would be huge setback for U.S.
By LAWRENCE J. HAAS - Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012
WASHINGTON -- Unfortunately, the recent rise of Islamic movements in Egypt, Yemen, Libya and elsewhere threatens both our short- and long-run goals, generating profound new challenges for the United States.
Pro: New independence of Latin nations pays off in more prosperity, democracy
By MARK WEISBROT - Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011
WASHINGTON -- The new CELAC reflects a new reality—Latin America has become politically independent of the United States, there have been many changes in economic policy as a result, and these changes have brought higher living standards.
Con: What’s in an acronym? In CELAC’s case, very little except the trumpeting of its own importance
By RAY WALSER - Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011
WASHINGTON --
Latin American leaders gathered in Caracas, Venezuela, with host president Hugo Chavez earlier this month to christen CELAC and trumpet the importance of this all Latin American-Caribbean gathering. Reading some accounts, one got the impression that a new, unified colossus had arisen in what was once confidently labeled “our backyard.”
Con: The problem is producing more medical grads, not increasing Medicare fees for doctors
By WAYNE MADSEN - Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011
WASHINGTON --
If there are serious doctor shortages looming in our future, they are more likely attributable to the rapid growth of people older than 65 rather than a flight of health care providers.
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