Despite GOP Opposition, Iran Nuclear Agreement Here To Stay
WASHINGTON – The acrimonious Washington debate about the Iran nuclear deal is mostly noise –and almost entirely for domestic...
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Endless Migration To Europe From Africa And The Middle East
WASHINGTON – The recent headlines and TV images about throngs of desperate Syrian families trying to board trains in...
Italy’s Bad Growth Numbers Described As Good
WASHINGTON – When drastically reduced expectations become the “New Normal” lousy economic numbers in Western countries become acceptable, and...
An Academic Argues That We Need Socialist Policies in America
WASHINGTON – In the course of a TV program focused on economic freedom, a leftist university professor was interviewed...
Why Are Americans In Love With Crazy Political Ideas?
WASHINGTON – “I play to people’s fantasies. I call it truthful hyperbole”. This is what Donald Trump once said,...
David Stockman: We Are Losing Manufacturing Jobs
WASHINGTON – In his Contra Corner blog David Stockman (Budget Director under Ronald Reagan) has been warning us that...
Donald Trump Is Making Politics “More Fun”
WASHINGTON – I just heard a personality commenting about Trump on a major TV business news show. He said...
America Losing Its Small Companies
WASHINGTON – Dozens of analysts tell TV viewers that, whatever may be happening in China, things look good in...
Populist Trump: Great Appeal, No Agenda
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump’s unexpected popularity is largely the result of the unappealing mediocrity of the rest of the...
Europe’s Refugee Crisis Getting Worse
WASHINGTON – According to UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, so far in 2015 Europe received about 300,000 refugees who...