Nick Cassella Follow @Nick_Cassella Nick Cassella is a contributor to Civic Skunk Works. Nick writes about politics and economics—sometimes successfully. Most Recent Why Do We Excuse the Extremes of Capitalism? Nick Cassella Load More Latest Articles 1 Why Russia is Betting on Old Tanks by Ben Spencer 2 Breaking Up with Uncle Sam: Canada Swipes Right on Brussels by Barshaneel Bora 3 Pakistan’s Foreign Policy Frankenstein by Julian McBride 4 Don’t Tell Mamdani’s Critics, but People Eat Rice with Their Hands by Hatem El-Gamasy 5 Not Taiwan, Not Tariffs. What Really Haunts Beijing Is Food. by Tom Clifford