How The US Fed Damaged The American Economy Too many years of zero interest rates caused a stock market bubble WASHINGTON – I indicated a while back that whoever would be elected President of the United States on November...
The Tragedy Of The Uneducated Poor in America The poor cannot get a good education. And so, they stay poor WASHINGTON – Much has been said about the “crisis” of American public education. Indeed, if we look at the...
Round One: US Shale Wins, OPEC Loses The US shale oil industry managed to become more productive and more efficient WASHINGTON – Here is the news. The US shale oil industry, while badly wounded by the price war waged...
Is Exxon’s Obfuscation About Climate Change A Crime? Exxon apparently knew a long time that fossil fuels cause global warming but denied it in public WASHINGTON – Here is the thing. We know now that ExxonMobil’s internal documents reveal that experts working for the...
First Comes Growth Then New Jobs in our politically correct word jobs can be willed into place, whatever the economic fundamentals WASHINGTON – Every day I walk by a giant banner hanging from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce imposing building...
Can Clinton Unify Left And Center Against Trump? The candidate's message is that she is on the left but also a pragmatic doer who will seek unity. Will this resonate with voters? WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton’s performance at the Democratic National convention in Philadelphia was “mission impossible”. Now the anointed presidential...
Trump’s Remarks On NATO WASHINGTON – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made headlines in Europe when he declared that America would intervene to...
Will Tim Kaine Help Hillary Clinton Get Elected? WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton, about to be nominated presidential candidate for the Democratic Party, just veered back to the...
Terrorism Is Not An Existential Threat WASHINGTON – Sadly, there has been another terror attack. This time it took place in Munich, one of Germany’s...
How To Handle Terrorism: Stop Media Coverage Terrorists love publicity. International media make them famous, this way encouraging others WASHINGTON – A 31 year old French citizen of Tunisian origin, using a truck as his weapon, run over...