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...
Category: Politics
Will The Fed Raise Interest Rates? May Be Not New headwinds suggest no action in December
WASHINGTON – Until a couple of days ago, most economists bet that the US Federal Reserve would finally begin to...
EU Money To Stop African Migrants? The latest European plan is a sign of despair or stupidity
WASHINGTON – The EU-Africa Summit just held in Malta was supposed to lead to some kind of understanding between...
All Is Well In China? According to a major consultancy, nothing out of the ordinary in the Chinese economy
WASHINGTON – A detailed report prepared by a major Western international economic consultancy pointed out that the doomsday predictions...
The Republicans Should Coalesce Around A Modern Pragmatist May be Marco Rubio is the only electable Republican, since voters reject all the establishment politicians
WASHINGTON – I guess I am also part of faulty conventional wisdom when it comes to US presidential politics....
Keystone Pipeline Is Dead – The Triumph Of Politics Getting more oil from Canada would have enhanced US energy security
WASHINGTON – Now it is official. President Obama announced that he is against the proposed Keystone pipeline that would...
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...
Who Believes China’s Official Economic Statistics? The Chinese clearly publish false data. What we do not know is how big their lies really are
WASHINGTON – We all know that China’s economy is slowing down. The Chinese government itself announced this. What we...
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,...
US Troops In Syria? A few Spcial Ops troops on the ground indicate nothing
WASHINGTON – What do we make of the announcement by the Obama administration about its decision to send about...