Is Islam Inherently Violent? By Paolo von Schirach September 4, 2010 WASHINGTON – A number of recent opinion polls indicate that Americans on...
Fast Trains for America? WASHINGTON – The US is terribly late in grasping the advantages of high speed rail as a more efficient...
Indiana: Blueprint for Lean, Smart Government WASHINGTON – President Obama, perhaps overwhelmed by the number and magnitude of the issues already piled up –the banks, GM,...
The Trouble With The Automobile WASHINGTON – Recently, President Barack Obama has made orchestrated appearances at several US auto manufacturing plants. In each case...
America: Open Doors to Foreign Innovators WASHINGTON – There are two issues confronting America’s economic vitality. One is the disturbingly weak short term economic picture...
Counterinsurgency against a political clock WASHINGTON – How are we doing in Afghanistan, now that General David Petraeus has taken over? Well, it depends...
Economic Aid to Pakistan? WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Pakistan just recently on a mission aimed at showing US...
Happy Fourth America WASHINGTON – I run into an old acquaintance in the elevator. A few pleasantries are exchanged. And his farewell...
In Arcadia, Playing for South Africa’s Future Energy and dynamism expressed only in soccer games PRETORIA, South Africa – (Notes from October 2009). The other day I was walking from my Court Classique Hotel to...
Can Europe Make it? WASHINGTON – “Mistah Kurtz, he dead”. (Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness). This famous line, right after a question in the title...