America Will Save Billions By Using LNG To Fuel US Heavy Trucks WASHINGTON – Thanks to hydraulic fracturing, the United States has increased its oil production quite significantly in the last few years....
An Aging Population Is Japan’s Real Problem Prime Minister Abe is trying to revive the economy; but he is presiding over a geriatric ward WASHINGTON – Supposedly “Abenomics” is economic shock therapy aimed at ending Japan’s decades of slumber. Abenomics is about devaluing the currency...
Is Greece Back From Its Near Death Experience? WASHINGTON – So Greece is back? We are told that the very first attempt to sell new Greek debt went...
US Strategy Against Russia: Give the Ukrainian Army Military Socks Deterrence is about having overwhelming military force and the willingness to use it. What about America's will? WASHINGTON – Effective deterrence is essentially about two key components working in combination: 1) Having the tools to inflict immediate and...
Would NATO Defend Estonia? I Am Not So Sure WASHINGTON – The governments of the vulnerable Baltic States feel uneasy these days. They look at Russia’s invasion and annexation...
As Russia Stirs More Trouble In Eastern Ukraine, The West Does Nothing WASHINGTON – We were told that Russia would pay a heavy price for its invasion and subsequent annexation of Crimea,...
A Walk in Georgetown WASHINGTON – When I was heading back, it was already late in the afternoon. Slowly I lifted my head and...
My Encounter With Igor, A Friendly Boerboel WINDHOEK, Namibia– Igor is an 80 Kg dog. He belongs to a friend of mine who works at the Namibia Geological...
Night Sky in Bangkok BANGKOK, 1997 – I was in the large swimming pool of the Amari Hotel in Bangkok in the late afternoon...
Sunrise in Maputo MAPUTO, Mozambique– The owners had extolled the many advantages of that apartment, right on the upscale Avenida Julius Nyerere, the...