April 2007

US-Korea FTA: Enough Already!

My latest piece, from Foreign Policy in Focus: “The FTA cannot be seen apart from U.S.-South Korean security ties, the presence in South Korea of more than 30,000 US troops and a 50-year economic relationship that has been heavily weighted…

David Halberstam, Presente!

One of America’s greatest journalists died today in a tragic car accident. I will never forget Halberstam’s reporting from Vietnam for the New York Times. It helped shape my understanding of the Indochina War and inspired me to become a…