Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Peace on Earth? Not Until the U.S. Stops Selling Arms and Making War
Monday, January 4, 2016 - 08:31
Reviewing the bidding on the United States at the end of 2015, Dan Simpson concludes that we are a killer nation, at home and abroad.
Shaky Ukraine: Economics and Corruption Complicate its War
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 05:37
The United States is becoming more embroiled in Ukraine, in spite of what is becoming an economic disaster accompanied by a murky internal military situation.
Shifting Piracy: From Somalia to Nigeria, the Threat Continues
Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 09:38
The seizure last week of a U.S.-flagged oil industry vessel and its American captain and chief engineer off the West African coast signaled the supplanting of Somalia in East Africa by Nigeria as the chief source of African piracy.
A Class Trip Meant Much to Mexico
Friday, March 23, 2012 - 00:00
The fact that the parents were President Obama and the first lady, Michelle Obama, and that the teenager was their daughter Malia, thrilled Mexican tourism officials.
Befriending Bolivia: We should improve relations with this poor South American country
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 00:00
Bolivia has had successive booms of gold, silver, tin, zinc, nitrates, oil and gas, coca and lithium -- definitely feeding-frenzy stuff for U.S. and other foreign investors.