Is Islam Inherently Violent? By Paolo von Schirach September 4, 2010 WASHINGTON – A number of recent opinion polls indicate that Americans on...
How to get America back into Innovation WASHINGTON – A recent Schumpeter column in The Economist magazine (“The Innovation Machine”, August 28 – September 3, 2010),...
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...
The Trouble With The Automobile WASHINGTON – Recently, President Barack Obama has made orchestrated appearances at several US auto manufacturing plants. In each case...
If Arizona is Wrong on Immigration, then what? WASHINGTON – The always relevant The New York Times dedicated an Editorial, “Showdown in Arizona“, July 28, 2010, to...
America: Open Doors to Foreign Innovators WASHINGTON – There are two issues confronting America’s economic vitality. One is the disturbingly weak short term economic picture...
Counterinsurgency against a political clock WASHINGTON – How are we doing in Afghanistan, now that General David Petraeus has taken over? Well, it depends...