Expanding Globalization’s Agenda
One poster carried by a young protester near the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington last Sunday showed many small fish coming together in the shape of a huge, collective fish to swallow a big one.
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Leader of the Pack
/in IntellectualCapital.com/by Frank SmythSeeming more distant now than it did then, it was the form basketball star Bill Bradley when he ran for president who said that the U.S. must stop going it alone so in the world and learn to work more cooperatively.
A Brave Guatemalan Judge Challenges Corrupt Brass Hats
/in The Wall Street Journal/by Frank SmythSomething new and promising happened in Guatemala last month when Judge Marco Tulio Molina Lara sentenced ex-Army Lt. Col. Carlos Ochoa Ruiz to 14 years in prison for trafficking in cocaine.
Overstretched?
/in IntellectualCapital.com/by Frank SmythBaghdad waited only three days last week before rejecting a British/Dutch proposal to finally lift economic sanctions against Iraq in exchange for new inspections into its ability to produce weapons of mass destruction.
The Genocide Doctrine
/in IntellectualCapital.com/by Frank SmythPresident Clinton was morally disgraced at home only to become a moral crusader abroad four months after being impeached. His newly discovered moralism, however, began to emerge two months after the Drudge Report broke the Lewinsky liaison. Who expected such a turnaround from Bill Clinton? Even more surprising…
Limp Willy?
/in Salon.com/by Frank SmythAs the Clinton administration escalates NATO’s bombing of Yugoslavia to a level not seen in the Balkans since World War II, the worst humanitarian disaster in Europe since that war is likewise emerging, as Yugoslavia’s Serbian troops attack ethnic Albanians…
Toppling Saddam: Clinton Wants a New Government in Baghdad, but He and the Iraqi Opposition Are Unlikely to Be Up to the Task
/in Salon.com/by Frank SmythPresident Clinton is committed to backing Iraqi opposition forces toward eventually forming a new government in Baghdad, say Clinton administration officials. But they acknowledge that risky strategy could take years to bear fruit.