Round One: US Shale Wins, OPEC Loses The US shale oil industry managed to become more productive and more efficient
WASHINGTON – Here is the news. The US shale oil industry, while badly wounded by the price war waged...
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Is Exxon’s Obfuscation About Climate Change A Crime? Exxon apparently knew a long time that fossil fuels cause global warming but denied it in public
WASHINGTON – Here is the thing. We know now that ExxonMobil’s internal documents reveal that experts working for the...
First Comes Growth Then New Jobs in our politically correct word jobs can be willed into place, whatever the economic fundamentals
WASHINGTON – Every day I walk by a giant banner hanging from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce imposing building...
Can Clinton Unify Left And Center Against Trump? The candidate's message is that she is on the left but also a pragmatic doer who will seek unity. Will this resonate with voters?
WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton’s performance at the Democratic National convention in Philadelphia was “mission impossible”. Now the anointed presidential...
Trump’s Remarks On NATO
WASHINGTON – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made headlines in Europe when he declared that America would intervene to...
Will Tim Kaine Help Hillary Clinton Get Elected?
WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton, about to be nominated presidential candidate for the Democratic Party, just veered back to the...
Can U.S. Fight Insurgencies? The new policy aimed at further reducing civilian casualties means fewer strikes
WASHINGTON – Under pressure, the Obama administration released the estimated number of civilians killed (unintentionally) in the course of...
Dealing With The Terror Threat in America America divided on what needs to be done
WASHINGTON – As we are entering the heated phase of the US presidential campaign, the Orlando massacre perpetrated by...
Orlando Shooting Strengthens Trump’s Position On Muslims If this indeed about Islamic terror, Trump's anti-Muslim positions seem more reasonable
WASHINGTON – In a U.S. presidential campaign that is and will be dominated by emotional slogans and over simplified...
Regulations Kill Enterprise Small companies close down, while very few new ones are created. This is the slow death of capitalism
WASHINGTON – Jim Tankersley reports in The Washington Post, (May 23, 2016), that “The recovery from the Great Recession has...