Thanks to Fracking, No Panic in the US After The Attacks on Saudi Oil
WASHINGTON – The most astonishing consequence of the unprecedented, devastating attack on Saudi Arabia which crippled the Kingdom’s oil...
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America Lost Its Ill-Conceived War in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON – The longest American war is finally coming to an (unhappy) end. America is negotiating its departure from...
No Action on Failing US Public Schools
For many years we have been debating the sorry state of US public education: too many drop outs, large...
Type Two Diabetes Is Preventable, But Nobody Says It
WASHINGTON – I recently read a very well researched article on the growing cost of treating millions of diabetics...
Argentina: From Bad to Worse
Once a prosperous nation, for decades Argentina has been a country in semi-perpetual economic crisis. In 2015 it seemed...
US Fiscal Irresponsibility Will Lead to Bankruptcy
WASHINGTON – The Democrats in Congress and Republican President Donald Trump agree practically on nothing. Therefore, it is impossible...
Why America is a Unique Country – Part 2
WASHINGTON – Thomas Jefferson and the other Founding Fathers of America sincerely believed that “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit...
Why America is a unique country – Part 1
America is a truly unique country. But not for the most commonly held reasons: “Come to America ,so that...
Why Mass Shootings? Heavy Political Rhetoric, Psychopaths, and too many Weapons
WASHINGTON – The El Paso slaughter stunned America. It is human nature that when something completely out of the...
Overleveraged America has no Plan B
WASHINGTON – Is America once again at the edge of some catastrophic event that will cause economic misery? Not...