Editorial May 1, 2012

Changing Futenma statement

Japan and the United States on April 27 issued a joint statement — an interim report on the review of the 2006 plan to realign U.S. armed forces in Japan. The statement hints at the possibility of exploring new options concerning the plan to ...

Commentary | THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK Mar 26, 2012

Costs of a policy of profligacy with foreign lives

by Hiroaki Sato

In the early hours of March 11, Sunday, a U.S. soldier went on a rampage in a village in Panjway, southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan. He went from one mud house to another, shot, stabbed, and burned 16 villagers. Or so it has been reported. ...

Global-related Jan 25, 2012

Debunking five myths about Barack Obama

by Jonathan Alter

The president is a socialist. This myth began with a 2008 campaign stop in Ohio, when then-Sen. Barack Obama was caught on tape telling Joe Wurzelbacher (“Joe the Plumber”) that we needed to “spread the wealth around.” His Republican opponent John McCain said that ...