“An Opportunity Society” As The New Frontier WASHINGTON – Right in the middle of this deep crisis, President Barack Obama is presenting bold, new long term...
Politicized Media and The Loss of a Common Ground WASHINGTON – Consider this superficially innocent excerpt from a recent (February 28, 2008) article in The Wall Street Journal...
Obama’s Big Plan Needs a Truly Loyal Opposition WASHINGTON – Let’s give President’s Obama budget proposal and bold blueprint for addressing and hopefully fixing a number of...
America: Global Ambitions and No Cash WASHINGTON – Almost lost within the avalanche of news about more and more rescues: the banks, the auto sector,...
Education is the Real Stimulus “The educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our...
What We Can Learn From Mumbay WASHINGTON – According to reporting in The Wall Street Journal (“Sole Captured Suspect Offers Grims Insights into Massacre“, December...
US Elections: Grand Plans versus Reality WASHINGTON – America is in a deep funk. We have this unprecedented financial crisis whose dimensions, potential reach and...
April 4 is NATO’s Birthday The Europeans do very little for the common defense. Is there still a role for the Atlantic Alliance created in 1949? By Paolo von Schirach April 3, 2008 WASHINGTON – Tomorrow is April 4, another birthday for the North Atlantic Treaty...
Europe and World Threats WASHINGTON – “We must not –we cannot—become a two-tiered alliance of those willing to fight and those who are...
America Longing for Moses WASHINGTON – Whatever the eventual outcome of the democratic party primaries, we have a Barack Obama phenomenon that is...