What We Can Learn From Mumbay WASHINGTON – According to reporting in The Wall Street Journal (“Sole Captured Suspect Offers Grims Insights into Massacre“, December...
The “Fundamentals” of the US Economy WASHINGTON – Senator John McCain has been repeatedly mocked by his opponent, Senator Barack Obama, for having stated very...
Absent from Denver: The Gobal Economy WASHINGTON– A somewhat disturbing feature of the Denver Democratic Convention has been the absence of a serious, in depth debate on...
Education is the New American Frontier WASHINGTON – The main theme of the Democratic Party, as we approach the November elections, is economic justice. The...
Europe’s “Soft Power” and the Georgia Crisis WASHINGTON– The way Europe is handling the Russian invasion of Georgia, (including the disturbing corollary of a possible unilateral...
Europe’s Enduring Democracy Deficit WASHINGTON – The recent Irish referendum rejecting the new EU Treaty that supposedly will bring the EU member states...
The World is not yet Flat WASHINGTON – According to the new optimistic conventional wisdom, the world has become “flat”. Historic barriers of time, distance,...
Is America Ready for President Obama? WASHINGTON – The Democratic primaries arithmetic is clearly against Senator Hillary Clinton. It is unlikely that she will win her...
America’s Decaying Standards WASHINGTON – In the United States, the reliability of some critical public services is now questioned, owing to revelations...
April 4 is NATO’s Birthday The Europeans do very little for the common defense. Is there still a role for the Atlantic Alliance created in 1949? By Paolo von Schirach April 3, 2008 WASHINGTON – Tomorrow is April 4, another birthday for the North Atlantic Treaty...