How Much Unemployment in China?
WASHINGTON – The WSJ just had a front page story on China, focusing on factory closings, jobs losses, strikes and...
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Sargent Bowe Bergdhal Charged With Desertion
WASHINGTON – Remember Sargent Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who had been a Taliban prisoner for 5 years and then...
The French National Front Lost – And Yet It Remains A Force
WASHINGTON – In the end, Marine Le Pen, her niece Marion Marechal-Le Pen, and the National Front won absolutely...
The Manufactured “Terrorism Crisis”
WASHINGTON – America is getting into the heat of its presidential campaign in a climate of hysteria created by...
Coal Consumption On the Rise in Asia
WASHINGTON – The Paris climate talks may end up with new carbon reduction commitments made mostly by Europe and...
Can Beijing Heavy Smog Become A Political Problem?
WASHINGTON – Can an autocracy be challenged by heavy smog? This sounds like a silly question. But it isn’t....
After The French Vote, Is This The End Of Europe?
WASHINGTON – The triumph at the polls for French regional elections of the right-wing National Front led by Marine...
Italian Dreams
WASHINGTON – Hope springs eternal. Yes, but when Matteo Renzi, the Prime Minister of Italy, a country in slow...
We Have To Learn How To Live With The Terror Threat
WASHINGTON – Here we go, more home-grown terrorism in America, most likely Islam-inspired terrorism. This time it happened in...
Fight Global Warming With Disruptive Innovation – Not Mandates
WASHINGTON – The Paris event on climate change will probably yield nothing really concrete. The fact is that, despite...