by Luke Lorenz | Mar 4, 2015 | Monitor
By Luke Lorenz and Dante Disparte While the small American territory of Puerto Rico struggles to overcome the most significant economic crisis that it has faced in its history, the importance of this affair is receiving little attention from the U.S. mainland. The...
by Hugo Grondel | Feb 18, 2015 | Monitor
Last Monday, a top level meeting of Eurozone finance ministers in Brussels failed to yield a solution to Greece’s spiraling debt crisis. Greece finds itself isolated after its newly elected government has openly vowed to unilaterally end the austerity measures the...
by Luke Lorenz | Feb 18, 2015 | Monitor
To undermine our values, terrorists must resort to horrific acts of deplorable brutality. How advantageous that we need only give a girl a schoolbook for a proportionately horrified response. The exponential effect of female empowerment ripples throughout a community...
by Luke Lorenz | Feb 12, 2015 | Monitor
Today, national security leaders submitted a letter to Congress to impress the importance of reauthorizing the Export Import Bank (often referred to as Ex-Im). The bank furthers international trade and enhances American national security. Signatories of the letter...
by Luke Lorenz | Feb 9, 2015 | Monitor
Amidst the horror and despair of the Ebola epidemic which has unfolded throughout Western Africa, one can find little reason for optimism. Each new development in this human tragedy has revealed the failure of local government, the limitations of regional healthcare...