June 2014 – Schirach Report

America Should Have An Energy Policy – Yes, But What Kind Of Policy? There is the real danger of choosing a policy on the basis of wrong assumptions. In this case, the cost of failure would be too high

WASHINGTON – “America must have an energy policy. It is a disgrace that the US –the largest economy on earth–...

The Arrival Of High Quality On-Line Education Spells The End Of Traditional Universities Thanks to the Internet now it is possible to deliver high quality education to millions of users at a fraction of the cost of regular university tuition

WASHINGTON – Yes, it is official. Traditional universities are about to become extinct. This revolution in higher education is...

Most Young Americans Would Not Qualify For Military Service 70% are overweight or unable to pass basic literacy tests

WASHINGTON – How high is the quality of America’s “Human Capital”? On average, not high at all. In fact it...

America Doing Nothing To Address Its Infrastructure Crisis Conservatives do not trust the system. Too much corruption and politically motivated spending. But is doing nothing the answer?

WASHINGTON – I understand how immigration reform may have fallen victim of deep ideological divisions. But roads and bridges...

What Happened To American Innovation? No More Startups Two economists, Edward Prescott and Lee Ohanian, argue in a WSJ op-ed piece that America's innovation engine stalled

WASHINGTON – A sudden economic crisis, like the unprecedented financial meltdown of 2008, gets everybody’s attention. But a slow...

Because Of the Iraq Crisis, Obama Should Allow The Construction Of The TransCanada Keystone Pipeline – Get More Oil From A Safe Supplier But this will not happen, because the Democrats are against fossil fuels and Obama is more worried about the upcoming mid-term elections than about US national security

WASHINGTON – What should America do about the proposed TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline? This pipeline, planned long ago and...

The Meaning of “American Exceptionalism” The State's main function is to protect individual freedoms

WASHINGTON – A few years ago, when asked about the meaning of “American Exceptionalism” during a trip abroad, President Obama, who...

Politics Is About Insincere Promises Made To Buy Votes No wonder that opinion polls show how the public lost faith in the institutions

WASHINGTON – I just watched an intelligent political observer on TV who was saying that if and when the...

Poroshenko Will Never Win Against Russia Time to abandon wishful thinking. Admit that Eastern Ukraine is lost

WASHINGTON – An indirect consequence of the sudden catastrophe in Iraq (major international crisis), and of the mounting humanitarian disaster caused...

Senator Rand Paul In A WSJ Op-Ed Piece Argues Against Getting Involved In Iraq The Senator, however, says nothing about the possible threat to America that ISIL in Iraq may create

WASHINGTON – In a well crafted WSJ op-ed piece, (America Shouldn’t Choose Sides in Iraq’s Civil War, June 20,...