Facing Low Oil Prices Exxon Is Looking For New Strategies The current oil glut makes many conventional oil project uneconomical WASHINGTON – Major oil companies are in deep trouble. Too much global supply means lower crude prices. If this...
China To Become Green Super Power? Will massive investments in renewables transform Chinese electricity production? WASHINGTON – Many Western environmentalists and commentators openly praise China for its declared energy policy objective of turning itself...
Oil Prices Will Go Down But U.S. Shale Will Survive Showing remarkable resilience and flexibility the American shale oil industry managed to stay profitable in adverse market conditions WASHINGTON – After the oil production cuts recently announced first by OPEC and then non OPEC oil producers, oil...
The Obama Foreign Policy Record Hesitation and retreat mark Obama's eight year in office WASHINGTON – The almost universally accepted narrative dished out daily by the serious, high brow U.S. media is that come...
Donald Trump And Nuclear Weapons Modernizing the American nuclear rsenal is the best way to keep the peace WASHINGTON – Casual talk about nuclear weapons and their possible use is not recommended. Likewise, tough remarks about not being outspent...
US Public Education In Crisis Latest PISA scores underline the failures of U.S. public education WASHINGTON – The international student proficiency scores gathered under the auspices of the Program for International Student Assessment, (also...
Mass Produced Electric Cars? Sooner Than You Think The cost of batteries is going down. EVs are becoming more affordable WASHINGTON – The still unresolved issue that will determine if and when there will be real mass demand for Electric...
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...
How The US Fed Damaged The American Economy Too many years of zero interest rates caused a stock market bubble WASHINGTON – I indicated a while back that whoever would be elected President of the United States on November...
The Tragedy Of The Uneducated Poor in America The poor cannot get a good education. And so, they stay poor WASHINGTON – Much has been said about the “crisis” of American public education. Indeed, if we look at the...