Standard & Poor’s Downgraded US Outlook – America in Decline Accepts “Negative” as “The New Normal”
by Paolo von Schirach April 20, 2011 WASHINGTON– The US sovereign debt outlook was just downgraded from...
Category: Public Policy
NATO in Libya Timid, Almost Unserious – Gaddafi Takes Notice, and so Will Others
by Paolo von Schirach April 15, 2011 WASHINGTON– Welcome to the 2011 NATO-led Libya intervention, a fresh...
Paul Ryan, “Path to Prosperity”, And How To Change American Bad Health Habits Halvorson of Kaiser Permanente has a recipe
WASHINGTON – Here is a riddle for you. What’s the connection between the US looming fiscal crisis, the 2011-2012...
After Bowles-Simpson, House Budget Chair Paul Ryan Comes Forward With a Serious Fiscal Reform Plan
by Paolo von Schirach April 4, 2011 WASHINGTON – While the silly posturing on budget cuts to...
It Is Not Just Libya, Arab Autocrats Fight Back
By Paolo von Schirach March 21, 2011 WASHINGTON– America, like everybody, has been caught by surprise and...
Europe Will Not Act on Libya, US Slow: Has The West Any Resolve?
WASHINGTON – Regarding what Europe is doing about the crisis in Libya, if it were not for...
What Will America Do to Make Gaddafi Go?
WASHINGTON– After having declared in starkly clear terms that “Gaddafi has got go”, what is Washington going...
The Arab World’s Glorious, Yet Uneasy, Steps Towards Democracy
WASHINGTON – A recent US public TV documentary featured Gigi Ibrahim, one of the young stars of...
Obama’s Budget Falls Short, Senators Have Plan?
WASHINGTON – Barack Obama just went to Silicon Valley and Oregon to have another pep talk with...
The Real America Is Not Doing Well
WASHINGTON – How is the “State of the Union”? Well, the Union President Obama described on January...