What We Can Learn From Mumbay
WASHINGTON – According to reporting in The Wall Street Journal (“Sole Captured Suspect Offers Grims Insights into Massacre“, December...
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America: Terminally Addicted to Debt?
WASHINGTON – In the midst of this unprecedented maelstrom caused mainly by overleveraging on the part of everybody, financial...
US Elections: Grand Plans versus Reality
WASHINGTON – America is in a deep funk. We have this unprecedented financial crisis whose dimensions, potential reach and...
The “Fundamentals” of the US Economy
WASHINGTON – Senator John McCain has been repeatedly mocked by his opponent, Senator Barack Obama, for having stated very...
McCain’s Ethical Crusade For A Frightened America?
WASHINGTON – Senator Barack Obama has a clear theme to draw appeal to his quest for the White House: the...
Shirley Temple Goes to Washington
WASHINGTON– If we accept that the lines between the political process and entertainment have been blurred and that politicians...
Absent from Denver: The Gobal Economy
WASHINGTON– A somewhat disturbing feature of the Denver Democratic Convention has been the absence of a serious, in depth debate on...
Education is the New American Frontier
WASHINGTON – The main theme of the Democratic Party, as we approach the November elections, is economic justice. The...
John Edwards and the Impossible Ethical Standards
WASHINGTON – We know what happened regarding the disclosure of former Senator and former would be Democratic party nominee...
Europe’s “Soft Power” and the Georgia Crisis
WASHINGTON– The way Europe is handling the Russian invasion of Georgia, (including the disturbing corollary of a possible unilateral...