Keystone Pipeline Is Dead – The Triumph Of Politics Getting more oil from Canada would have enhanced US energy security
WASHINGTON – Now it is official. President Obama announced that he is against the proposed Keystone pipeline that would...
Author: Paolo von Schirach
Italy Still In Crisis, But Some Media Are In Denial Headlines about declining public debt are delusional or deceptive
WASHINGTON – Sometimes I wonder where is the boundary between self-deception and willful manipulation. Are some media in free...
Who Believes China’s Official Economic Statistics? The Chinese clearly publish false data. What we do not know is how big their lies really are
WASHINGTON – We all know that China’s economy is slowing down. The Chinese government itself announced this. What we...
In The Age Of The Internet Biased News Still Prevails The internet was supposed to make telling lies a lot more difficult. But it is not soo
WASHINGTON – Here is one big paradox for you. When the internet proved to be a truly revolutionary innovation,...
WSJ: Chinese Economy Not Fixed Overproduction, too much debt and bad loans
WASHINGTON – “Chinese factories continue to pump out too much steel, glass, cement and other items even as they...
US Troops In Syria? A few Spcial Ops troops on the ground indicate nothing
WASHINGTON – What do we make of the announcement by the Obama administration about its decision to send about...
The Disastrous Consequences of China’s One Child Policy It may be too late to fix the damage
WASHINGTON – “ one child mandate is the single greatest social-policy error in human history.” — Nicholas Eberstadt, political...
If The US Enters A Recession, Clinton In A Tough Spot The most recent GDP numbers indicate a slow down. And the economy may get worse in 2016
WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton just declared that the Obama administration deserves an “A” when it comes...
Political Change in Argentina? The Peronist candidate for President did not win. He is forced to a run-off with a credible conservative
WASHINGTON – American politics is beginning to look like a Hollywood farce. The Marx Brothers are in charge. They...
US Navy Challenges Beijing In The South China Sea The US Navy has been sent close to islands illegally claimed by China in order to assert freedom of navigation. How will China react?
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration does not have a stellar record either on national security issues or on upholding basic...