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The article explores the need for a monetary policy that would jump-start the U.S. economy. Congress is urged to give the Federal Reserve a tool to adopt a policy with aggregate demand as the key economic idea. Other topics discussed include the movement of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) from 1947 to 2014 and the relationship between unemployment and productivity.

The article lists the top 50 accomplishments of U.S. President Barack Obama which includes the passing of the Wall Street reform, the ending of the war in Iraq, and the raising of fuel efficiency standards.

The article discusses hidden scandals involving the Peace Corps, an American volunteer program run by the U.S. federal government. It suggests that the Peace Corps has made some oversights in terms of employee placements in various posts. It also focuses on the Peace Corps's difficulties in admitting their mistakes, the funding cuts that they face, and their dwindling number of volunteers.

The author reflects on the web-based articles that contained about counterinsurgency or COIN found in the magazine "Marine Corps Gazette." He argues that if the Gazette keeps printing articles about the COIN issue, people will keep writing let them the insurgency from growing. The author mentions that if they keep focusing on COIN issue, the Marine Corps will become insurgents and nothing else.