Saudi Arabia’s Goal: Hurt Iran Low oil prices are meant to strangle the oil-dependent Iranian economy
WASHINGTON – A few days ago I argued that Saudi Arabia is imposing rock bottom oil prices through over...
Category: International
Obama Talks About Gun Violence In Order To Avoid Embarrassing Issues While major crises pile on, with a clever move the President got everybody to focus on his modest gun control initiative
WASHINGTON – I’ve got to hand it to President Obama. He is a really capable politician. And probably the...
China’s Economic Slide And Its Political Repercussions The stock market fall may be an indication of more bad news to come
WASHINGTON – The big 7% Shanghai stock market loss right at the start of the new year is surprising....
America Needs An Inclusive, Optimistic Republican Party Unfortunately, the candidates who propose education reform get no support
WASHINGTON – More than ever before, America needs an enlightened, inclusive and optimistic Republican Party. Simply stated, the old...
Fight Inequality With Improved Public Education No, it is not. The challenge is how to respond to globalization and technological progress
WASHINGTON – In the course of a popular national radio show, an important journalist declared that “the Big Issue”...
In Japan Intellectual Property Rights Go To The Employers The case of Professor Nakamura who invented modern LED lighting technology
WASHINGTON – It is a given that the new “knowledge economy” is driven by clever innovators who are in...
Argentina Recreated A Reliable Statistics Agency Modern capitalism needs real data as a foundation for decisions on investments and expenditures
WASHINGTON – Newly elected Argentine President Mauricio Macri wasted no time to create a new, pro-growth business climate. He...
There Will Be No Real Palestinian State Israel will accept only an autonomous entity for ever dependent on the Jewish state
WASHINGTON – A couple of recent interviews with two Israeli citizens, the first one a seasoned policy-maker with an impressive...
Saudi Monarchy Losing Control? A quick prediction in TIME magazine says that may happen in 2016
WASHINGTON – The very last page of the latest TIME magazine double issue about what we can expect in the New Year...
The Ayatollahs Have Given Up Indoctrination in Iran Women behave like their counterparts in the West
WASHINGTON – TIME magazine recently had an intriguing cover story about Iran, (Iran 2025, November 16, 2015). Assuming that...