April 2014 – Schirach Report

Almost Impossible To Discuss Poverty and Race In America Ideological blinders prevent an open dialogue aimed at finding new policies that will allow black people to get out of poverty

WASHINGTON – Old and encrusted socio-economic problems related to race issues have become intractable in America. In large part this...

On Signal Hill, In Newfoundland, Marconi’s Legacy In 1901, the first transatlantic radio transmission from England to Canada

St. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND, (a few years ago) – The young professor took me for a visit in the afternoon....

China’s Government Manipulating Official Statistics? Private forecasters indicate that China's actual GDP growth is lower that what Beijing claims

WASHINGTON – A few days ago a major US newspaper had yet another story on China’s economic slowdown. Yes, China...

Beyond Symbolic Gestures, The West Will Not Act To Help Ukraine Regain Control Over Its Eastern Provinces Kiev is on its own. The only way to end the crisis is to let the Russian speaking East go

WASHINGTON – By now the provisional government in Kiev should have understood that, beyond symbolic gestures, the West will...

Walking By Ford’s Theatre, Where Lincoln Was Shot Great sadness contemplating this old, yet still vivid, tragedy

WASHINGTON – After my meeting I decided to walk to Chinatown, to an old emporium where I bought a...

The Ukrainian Government Cannot Win, All By Itself, Against Russia Kiev should let Eastern Ukraine secede. Only then it will have a chance to engage in economic reforms and join Europe

WASHINGTON – Vladimir Putin is winning in his ruthless and perhaps crazy effort to regain control over at least a...

In Newfoundland, Where Churchill And FDR Met During WWII In Placentia Bay the two western leaders issued the Atlantic Charter in August 1941

NEWFOUNDLAND, Canada, (a few years ago)- Looking outside, at the Ocean on that windy day, I thought again about my...

Sunset In Uhland Heights, Namibia Looking at the mountains surrounding Windhoek at dusk

WINDHOEK, Namibia, (a few years ago) – It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It...

Splendide Royale A quiet evening in a beautiful hotel

LUGANO, Switzerland, (a few years ago) – The large hotel dining room was in the old-fashioned Swiss style. Discreet lighting, simple...

Okavango Silence, Midday in Botswana

OKAVANGO Delta, Botswana, (a few years ago) – That was the end of the week-end in the Okavango Delta, in Northern...