A few years ago, The Economist made a poignant remark. They said the United States is, in essence, an “NGO with nuclear bombs”. Upon reading this, I stopped to ponder their assertion. The two concepts, that of a non-profit organization and that of an institution bearing tools of destruction, seemed irreconcilable. Over succeeding days of research, I ruminated on the assertion. I arrived at this conclusion: the Economist’s characterization is both a clever, and factual, [...]