Needed: A US National Consensus on Debt Reduction WASHINGTON – America is facing death by garrote-like, slow fiscal strangulation. Overtime, Washington piled up debt levels that beat...
After the Elections: A More Divided America? WASHINGTON – Most opinion polls indicate losses for the Democrats, the majority party now holding both the White House...
India’s Rise WASHINGTON – The “Big Story” of the decade, in fact of the century, is the rise of Asia, a...
Is Islam Inherently Violent? By Paolo von Schirach September 4, 2010 WASHINGTON – A number of recent opinion polls indicate that Americans on...
How to get America back into Innovation WASHINGTON – A recent Schumpeter column in The Economist magazine (“The Innovation Machine”, August 28 – September 3, 2010),...
Fast Trains for America? WASHINGTON – The US is terribly late in grasping the advantages of high speed rail as a more efficient...
Indiana: Blueprint for Lean, Smart Government WASHINGTON – President Obama, perhaps overwhelmed by the number and magnitude of the issues already piled up –the banks, GM,...
Unlucky Pakistan? WASHINGTON – In an earlier piece I had expressed deep skepticism about the possible impact of a large (8...
The Trouble With The Automobile WASHINGTON – Recently, President Barack Obama has made orchestrated appearances at several US auto manufacturing plants. In each case...
Dreams in Kabul? “We have the ability to rule and govern our country and we have our sovereignty. We hope that...