Tepid US Jobs Growth Fewer jobs and a soft economy. We are not back to normal
WASHINGTON – The weak US jobs report, coupled with downward revisions for the two preceding months, is a reliable, if disturbing, indicator of...
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Iran: Diplomacy Could Succeed Only If Backed By The Threat Of An Attack Without any threat to coerce via military means, negotiations with a hostile power are doomed to fail
WASHINGTON – Optimistic commentators talking about the upcoming nuclear deal with Iran stress the importance of allowing “diplomacy” to deliver its...
The Bergdahl Release Fiasco This US soldier is now charged with desertion. Yet the White House stated that he had served with "honor and distinction"
WASHINGTON – It is now official that Sgt. Bowe Bergdhal, held prisoner by the Taliban for many years, has...
How Big A Threat From Jihadist Organizations? Too much hype coming from the media. There is danger; but it is not that big
WASHINGTON – The tricky part of any asymmetric warfare threat –now I am referring to the anti-Western Jihadist organizations...
Fed Induced Wall Street Bubble Keeps Going – For Now Zero interets rates will keep stocks artificially high for longer than we thought. Is this what we call good news?
WASHINGTON – Right before the most recent Federal Open Market Committee, (FOMC), meeting, Wall Street was on edge. Would...
80% Of All US Children Follow A Bad Diet Because of junk food, millions of American kids are developing heart disease
WASHINGTON – The alarming news is that millions of American children now exhibit signs of heart disease normally found...
Cheap Fossil Fuels Killed Renewable Energy Wind and solar had a brief moment of glory because of political mandates. But now there is just too much cheap oil and gas
WASHINGTON – Renewable energy had its great moment when we had the convergence between Global Warming predictions (or prophesies?)...
China Dumping Excess Steel China has created enormous over capacity. It is now selling its products below cost to the rest of the world
WASHINGTON – In a “normal” capitalistic country, when supply expansion strategies in any given industry exceed market demand, the companies...
Central Banks Administer Monetary Morphine The problem is lack of growth and gigantic debt levels. And yet we only have interest rates suppression, as if this were a cure
WASHINGTON – The financial and fiscal “New Normal” across the countries touched or devastated by the Great Recession of...
US Republicans Openly Against Obama’s Deal With Iran Breaking protocol, 47 Republican Senators wrote a letter to Iran in which they warn the leaders that a deal could expire the day Obama leaves the White House
WASHINGTON – 47 US Republican Senators wrote an open letter to the top leadership of Iran, putting them on notice...