Wanted: Credible Centrist Political Leaders
WASHINGTON – Recently, a Democratic party elected leader of national renown argued in a public forum that in order...
Category: Education
Wellness Programs Will Transform US Health care
WASHINGTON – Undoing Obamacare is proving to be a lot more complicated than what confident President Trump (and the...
No Real Development Without Economic Growth – Part 2
WASHINGTON – International development practitioners focus on policies through which they can eliminate or alleviate poverty, the visible manifestation of...
No Real Development Without Economic Growth – Part 1
WASHINGTON – International development is generally defined by practitioners of this craft as “the fight against poverty“. I totally disagree...
US Public Education In Crisis
WASHINGTON – The international student proficiency scores gathered under the auspices of the Program for International Student Assessment, (also...
The Tragedy Of The Uneducated Poor in America
WASHINGTON – Much has been said about the “crisis” of American public education. Indeed, if we look at the...
Public Assistance Is A Curse
WASHINGTON – “Continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual and moral disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. To...
Unhappy Americans Look for Culprits
WASHINGTON – The most visible impact of “The Great Stagnation” , (the title of Tyler Cowen’s book provides a good...
Italian Prime Minister Talking Nonsense
WASHINGTON – Yes, there is something to be said about optimistic political leaders who inspire their people to hang...
Living In A False Data World
WASHINGTON – We are used to hear that we live in a “data driven” world. Thanks to ICT and...