The War in Afghanistan Goes On
WASHINGTON – The much waited for progress report on the US war in Afghanistan came and went without sparking any...
Category: Politics
America Needs Education Reform
WASHINGTON – Here is the basic proposition: America’s national secondary education system bleeds very badly. We are doing poorly and...
The “Debt Commission” Has Gone Home
WASHINGTON – I recently expressed unconditional praise for Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, the two gutsy co-chairs of the...
Bowles-Simpson to America: Cut Spending Now
WASHINGTON – The American debt crisis is deep and real, requiring urgent measures. What is at stake here is...
After The Elections: Divided America
WASHINGTON – Maybe we can call these mid-term elections the revolt of “Fly-Over-Country” against the coastal pro-big-government elites that...
After the Elections: A More Divided America?
WASHINGTON – Most opinion polls indicate losses for the Democrats, the majority party now holding both the White House...
How to get America back into Innovation
WASHINGTON – A recent Schumpeter column in The Economist magazine (“The Innovation Machine”, August 28 – September 3, 2010),...
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,...
If Arizona is Wrong on Immigration, then what?
WASHINGTON – The always relevant The New York Times dedicated an Editorial, “Showdown in Arizona“, July 28, 2010, to...
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...