Former President Obama is drawing liberal fire for accepting a $400,000 fee for speaking to a Wall Street firm, Cantor Fitzgerald. Remember how Hillary Clinton never got over criticism for giving speeches for six-figure fees to Goldman Sachs as late as 2013? Obama shows how you can get away with selling out your purported principles: first you do what your future sponsors want in office, THEN you collect your big payday.
The Death Penalty, Explained
Facing the imminent expiration of its last stash of execution drugs, the state of Arkansas attempted to rush through multiple executions before they became what, too unsafe to kill someone with? Capital punishment has never been less popular with the public, which makes it a good time to ask: why is the United States one of the few industrialized nations to still kill people while claiming the moral high ground?
U.S. Foreign Policy, Explained
The current nuclear crisis with North Korea highlights the foolishness of U.S. foreign policy, which treats the basic infrastructure of diplomatic contact as a reward to be granted to those who kowtow to American interests. Our policy insures that we don’t talk to the people to whom we should be talking the most.
Syrians Miss Obama’s Kinder, Gentler Bombing Style
After running a campaign as an extreme isolationist, Donald Trump’s cabinet of generals and billionaires and billionaire generals convinced him to respond to an alleged Syrian government chemical weapons attack with a cruise missile attack on a Syrian airfield. Liberals are largely against this act of militarism, this despite the fact that Obama got the U.S. involved in Syria in the first place.