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...miss China, but I have to be rational about this. I don't think I'm welcome there." HA JIN, exiled Chinese writer, on the possibility of returning to his homeland after nearly 20 years abroad. Jin's novels have been heavily criticized by the Chinese government...
...expense of a safer general population. With all the talk of the imminent threat of another terrorist attack on American soil, with all the talk of the federal government’s record deficit, there has been surprisingly little discussion of how efficiently the U.S. government is spending its Homeland Security funds...
...these places so safe? No, not only because they are lacking in sites particularly attractive to terrorists. These five states also have the highest per capita spending allocation for domestic security funds from the Department of Homeland Security. And according to a recent report in the New York Times, some of these places have so much money they don’t know what to do with...
...course, such a discussion remains unlikely so long as the majority of congressmen remain content bringing home pork-barrel projects to their constituents. These leaders have no real incentive to plead for less money for their state’s defense. While the Department of Homeland Security maintains some veto power over how the money is spent, fixing this problem requires strong leadership from the executive branch. No action is likely unless the white house transforms this matter from a funding allocation issue into a significant political issue. And in this tight election season, such action is all but definitely...
...heartening to see some spine in America’s leaders when it comes to overhauling the way domestic security funds are allocated. No one denies that small states and rural states have a right to federal funds for defense—certainly if they were left without Homeland Security funding they could become prime targets—but it is important to put these matters in perspective. Money should be allocated intelligently—not politically—using an assessment of potential risk by an apolitical agent. While admittedly no city or state would like the designation...