Time to Get Real in Afghanistan WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama just made a surprise visit to the US troops in Afghanistan and thanked them...
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...
America Has Got Natural Gas! WASHINGTON – A Recent, (November 14, 2010), segment of the popular CBS TV program 60 Minutes was devoted to...
How To Fix America: A Massive R&D Effort WASHINGTON – Fareed Zakaria wrote a thought provoking cover story essay in TIME magazine, (“How to Restore the American...
Needed: A US National Consensus on Debt Reduction WASHINGTON – America is facing death by garrote-like, slow fiscal strangulation. Overtime, Washington piled up debt levels that beat...
Fast Trains for America? WASHINGTON – The US is terribly late in grasping the advantages of high speed rail as a more efficient...
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,...
Unlucky Pakistan? WASHINGTON – In an earlier piece I had expressed deep skepticism about the possible impact of a large (8...
Dreams in Kabul? “We have the ability to rule and govern our country and we have our sovereignty. We hope that...