The West Is Caught In Middle East Chaos Terrorism is just one manifestation of religious wars that will have no quick end WASHINGTON – The Paris terror attacks lead to Syria, to the Arab Spring, to the Sunni-Shia conflicts, to al...
Solar Energy Coming to Africa The revolution is underway WASHINGTON – A few months ago, a photograph of a little Asian child sitting next to a city lamp...
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...
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,...
Where Is The New African Middle Class? Rosy predictions failed to materialize. Lack of basic resources like electricity prevent a real economic take-off WASHINGTON – In a recent article focusing on why the African middle class is still rather small, The Economist...
The Republicans Are Immature And Hopelessly Divided Leading the House Republicans looks like Mission Impossible for Paul Ryan. Meanwhile, Donald Trump leads in the polls WASHINGTON – I really like Paul Ryan; but I am skeptical about his ability to bring order, cohesion and...
Walking in Lusaka Talking to Mary, marketing specialist LUSAKA (Zambia) – I was walking in a nice area, with beautiful Jacaranda trees, now almost in full bloom,...
Strange Conversations While In Africa Talking to strangers, you learn what they believe in LUSAKA (Zambia) – During business trips in far away places it is relatively easy to talk to strangers who...
Anti-Immigrant Europe Needs Immigrants Most European countries are facing a demographic crisis, with population declines WASHINGTON – I recently read a well crafted article about immigration in both Europe and the USA. It pointed...
Pope Francis And His Anti-Capitalist Message Pro poor populism may win some new supporters. But is is based on flawed ideas WASHINGTON – Interestingly enough, Pope Francis is coming to America after visiting Cuba, (a true bastion of progress and...