Can We Find Decent People To Fix Our Democracies? Going for populists with easy answers is a bad idea WASHINGTON – Democracy and free markets anyone? By this I mean opting for a real republican government with fair...
Endless Migration To Europe From Africa And The Middle East This is not just about Syrian refugees. This is an economic migration from poor countries WASHINGTON – The recent headlines and TV images about throngs of desperate Syrian families trying to board trains in...
An Academic Argues That We Need Socialist Policies in America Socialism is good, we have never really tried it WASHINGTON – In the course of a TV program focused on economic freedom, a leftist university professor was interviewed...
Why Are Americans In Love With Crazy Political Ideas? Trump and Sanders succeed because we no longer have any consensus about which policies improve the common good WASHINGTON – “I play to people’s fantasies. I call it truthful hyperbole”. This is what Donald Trump once said,...
Donald Trump Is Making Politics “More Fun” A laarge segment of US public opinion likes politics as contact sport featuring loud tough guys WASHINGTON – I just heard a personality commenting about Trump on a major TV business news show. He said...
Populist Trump: Great Appeal, No Agenda Many voters like his style. But America needs a real national leader WASHINGTON – Donald Trump’s unexpected popularity is largely the result of the unappealing mediocrity of the rest of the...
Europe’s Refugee Crisis Getting Worse Immigrants coming into Europe do not add to the economy. They need services WASHINGTON – According to UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, so far in 2015 Europe received about 300,000 refugees who...
America Needs Good Pro-Growth Structural Reforms Let's go back to Simpson-Bowles. We need action on fiscal and tax issues, deregulation and public education WASHINGTON – After the August 24 sell off, there was no real bounce back. The US stock market regained...
The Appeal Of Easy Fixes Despondent Americans eager to listen to demagogues WASHINGTON – There is great appeal in fundamental beliefs that can be summarized in short sentences. The problem is...
A New President Who Knows Nothing About Foreign Policy? Among the 17 contenders for the GOP nomination, not even one has hands on executive experience in foreign affairs WASHINGTON – The recent Cleveland debates featuring all 17 Republicans who want to be president revealed that within this...