Tag: foreign policy
Unearthing America’s History of Empire
In How to Hide an Empire, Daniel Immerwahr lays bare the consequences of the American empire and how this history has been ignored by citizens of the United States. It’s an unflinching look at America’s expansionist foreign policy throughout our history.
The Right Stuff
Precisely because it is limitless, space is the best place to test the limits of our courage and abilities.
Justice, Sovereignty, and the Throwaway Culture: Reading Charles Camosy
We live in a time of political disruption. In the United States and around the developed world we are seeing nationalist and populist agitation...
Summoning Jeremiah
The Call to Prophecy
When we think of the great biblical prophets, we might be tempted to think of people concerned mainly with wholly religious...
The Letter to Iran and Bipartisan Hype
Sioux Center, Iowa. Most Republican members of the U.S. Senate have signed a public letter to the Iranian government warning that any agreement with...
America Needs Another Bush?
Accusing President Obama of “caviling over chemical weapons in Syria,” The Economist insists that events in Syria are “exposing Mr Obama’s hubris,” his “overconfidence,”...
Walter McDougall on American Exceptionalism
In the afterglow of last weekend's gathering of Porchers, which featured a panel on American exceptionalism, a piece by Walter McDougall over at the...
Of Dragons and Crescents
A revised foreign policy true to the principles of the Porch should turn the present one upside down.
Come Home, America: Prospects for a Coalition Against Empire
The recent anti-empire, anti-war conference in DC could be the start of a significant Left-and-Right movement to challenge the foundation of U.S. foreign policy. An across-the-spectrum coalition has great potential but problems are inherent. Political theory and political history can provide lessons.
Third Party?
Kearneysville, WV. The race for New York’s 23rd Congressional District’s open seat has garnered national attention. The Democratic candidate, Bill Owens, is currently running...