America: Open Doors to Foreign Innovators
WASHINGTON – There are two issues confronting America’s economic vitality. One is the disturbingly weak short term economic picture...
Author: Paolo von Schirach
Counterinsurgency against a political clock
WASHINGTON – How are we doing in Afghanistan, now that General David Petraeus has taken over? Well, it depends...
Economic Aid to Pakistan?
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Pakistan just recently on a mission aimed at showing US...
Happy Fourth America
WASHINGTON – I run into an old acquaintance in the elevator. A few pleasantries are exchanged. And his farewell...
Unethical Practices Now Accepted in the US Lower business standards alright. Unless it is clearly illegal, there is no problem
By Paolo von Schirach June 29, 2010 WASHINGTON – E-mails filters are reasonably sophisticated these days, so that the...
Firing McChrystal Not Enough
WASHINGTON – The scandal caused by the openly dismissive and offensive language used by General Stanley McChrystal, US and...
BP and the Mismanagement of Complex Systems Systemic failures indicate inability to understand the true nature of problems, in industry as well as in government
WASHINGTON – The story of the BP Gulf platform explosion and never-ending spill has been presented to the public as...
In Arcadia, Playing for South Africa’s Future Energy and dynamism expressed only in soccer games
PRETORIA, South Africa – (Notes from October 2009). The other day I was walking from my Court Classique Hotel to...
Cooking Up Jobs Numbers at The White House
WASHINGTON – On June 4 President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden went just outside of Washington, in...
Wellness Will Take Care of US Health Costs
WASHINGTON – The US health care delivery system, as currently structured, is so horrendously expensive that over time it...