Reforming U.S. Food Aid Can Feed Millions More at the Same Cost
Stop needlessly wasting money.
Obama’s Climate-Change Deceptions
President Barack Obama again sought to make the case to the American people for “dealing with the rapidly growing threat of climate change” last Wednesday, in a speech to the ...
Time to Privatize OPIC
What do Enron, the Soros Economic Development Fund, Papa John’s Pizza, Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, MTV, the Bank of Palestine, and Deutsche Bank have in common? They’ve all benefited from millions ...
No ‘Partial Funding’ for UNESCO
Despite objections and warnings from the Obama administration, the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) granted full membership to the Palestinian Authority in 2011. That decision ran afoul of ...
Americans Don’t Really Think the U.N. Does a Good Job
For the second time in 2013, the Better World Campaign (BWC) has released polling results that purport to show Americans strongly support the United Nations. The most recent poll, conducted October ...
The Holy See Belongs in the U.N.
The standing of the Holy See at the United Nations is under attack. In a September 30 column in the Washington Post, Jon O’Brien, the president of Catholics for Choice, ...
The Syria U.N. Resolution: Toothless and Unfocused
Earlier today, the U.S. and Russia released the draft of their jointly proposed U.N. Security Council resolution condemning the use of chemical weapons in Syria and outlining steps to secure ...
President Obama’s U.N. Speech: A Reflection of His Confused Foreign Policy
President Obama’s fifth speech to the United Nations General Assembly focused on his policy in the Middle East, particularly Syria, Iran, and the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. Overall, his remarks illustrated the ...
Samantha Power for U.N. Ambassador Should Elicit Flurry of Questions
President Obama is set to nominate Samantha Power as U.S. pPermanent rRepresentative to the United Nations. The position requires Senate confirmation, which should lead to an interesting examination of her ...
What’s U.S. Taxpayers’ Tab at the U.N.?
Year after year, the U.S. pays more into the United Nations system than any other nation. Yet figuring out exactly how much we spend on the U.N. and its affiliated ...