America’s Delicate Democracy How deep ideological divisions breed dysfunction
WASHINGTON – Democracy, anyone? But, yes, of course. We all want democracy. In principle we all agree as to...
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Trump Takes U.S. Out of Paris Accord on Climate Decision promoted by the need to shore domestic political base
WASHINGTON – U.S. coal miners and out of work factory workers: this is for you! President Donald Trump publicly...
No Serious Discussion About Entitlement Reform In The U.S. Posturing and grand standing hide the simple fact that no one in Washington wants to touch federal entitlements
WASHINGTON – Much has been said about the first Trump budget recently released. The expected partisan critiques –in fact...
How Will Macron Govern France? Untested new president must prove he can lead
WASHINGTON – Emmanuel Macron’s meteoric ascendance –literally from nothing prior to a short stint in the Hollande administration, to...
Why Is Montenegro Joining NATO A Big Deal? A small country with practically no armed forces is now a symbol of the East-West divide
WASHINGTON – With the US Senate approving by a huge margin Montenegro entering NATO, the US-led security pact, (only...
Wanted: Credible Centrist Political Leaders There are non partisan elected officials who can propose an agenda of growth and opportunity for America
WASHINGTON – Recently, a Democratic party elected leader of national renown argued in a public forum that in order...
Wellness Programs Will Transform US Health care Doctors should be rewarded for teaching people how to stay healthy
WASHINGTON – Undoing Obamacare is proving to be a lot more complicated than what confident President Trump (and the...
No Real Development Without Economic Growth – Part 2 No progress without focus on what it takes to foster enterprise and growth
WASHINGTON – International development practitioners focus on policies through which they can eliminate or alleviate poverty, the visible manifestation of...
No Real Development Without Economic Growth – Part 1 Development practitioners wrongly believe that poverty can be eliminated without building robust enterprises
WASHINGTON – International development is generally defined by practitioners of this craft as “the fight against poverty“. I totally disagree...
Obama Is The Big Loser In This Election The hard reality is that most American voters do not care about his legacy
WASHINGTON – Outgoing President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle actively campaigned for Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton. In...