80% Of All US Children Follow A Bad Diet Because of junk food, millions of American kids are developing heart disease WASHINGTON – The alarming news is that millions of American children now exhibit signs of heart disease normally found...
50 Years After Selma, Blacks Are Still Victims No new ideas from today's Black leaders WASHINGTON – Watching on TV the celebration of Selma’s 50th anniversary held in a Black church left me with...
Killing In The Name Of God Many believe that Islam breeds violence. But Christainity did the same, for centuries. Luckily, the Christians became more peaceful, but only recently All the current controversies about the religious foundations of the Islamic State, other radical and violent Muslim organizations, and...
In A Slowing Economy Invest In R&D, Education And Infrastructure We can make America more productive by getting better educated people, new airports and oil pipelines WASHINGTON – America is doing OK, (if compared to declining Europe and Japan), but not great. The once powerful US...
The Cure For Many Chronic Diseases Is In Life Style Changes Sophisticated "precision medicine" will help a lot less than adopting good habits: healthy food and regular exercise WASHINGTON – President Obama wants to support pioneering medical research. Hence his proposal to invest hundreds of millions of...
How Do We Turn Immigrants Into Citizens? The emotional debate is about the deportation of illegal immigrants. But we shoud think about how we help them to become Americans WASHINGTON – Sadly, in the midst of so many strident polemics about what should be done regarding millions of illegal immigrants...
Greater Wisdom Can Be Attained Anywhere It is not necessary to go to the Hymalayas to achieve one's spiritual awakening WASHINGTON – From time immemorial some people have sought spiritual enlightenment in secluded places, far away from the noise and...
Radical Islamic Groups Cannot Be Fought With Conventional Means The West is dealing with a variety of tiny disconnected groups animated by a violent ideology. In the end this wave will go away. In the meantime, we can only have partial security against terrorism WASHINGTON – The current wave of violence motivated and justified by crazy interpretations os Muslim scriptures created demands for...
In Rome Municipal Guards Do Not Show Up For Work 83.5% produced fake excuses in order to avoid working on New Year's Eve WASHINGTON – From tragedy to farce Italy has it all. Sadly, there is the daily tragedy of the hapless...
Why Is the Islamic State Popular? Islamic fundamentalism is a dream that appeals to emotions. It is not a political program. Arab societies have to produce rational and yet appealing alternatives WASHINGTON – The NYT published a front page story on how American policy-makers are trying to understand ISIL, (Or ISIS,...