Sudden Vacancy At The Pentagon Highlights Policy Confusion
WASHINGTON – Former Senator Chuck Hagel, a fairly liberal Republican from Nebraska is no longer US Secretary of Defense. Several media...
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Despite Low Prices and Squeezed Margins, The US Shale Oil Sector Will Survive
WASHINGTON – The US shale oil and shale gas revolutions have radically transformed global energy markets. Thanks to shale, the...
The Economy Grows Modestly, While Wall Street Is At An All Time High
WASHINGTON – When it comes to US higher and higher stock prices I am struck by something truly odd,...
Republicans Pledge To Fight Obama On Immigration – A Bad Idea
WASHINGTON – As expected, President Barack Obama just announced his plan to shield millions of illegal immigrants from prosecution...
The Poor Need Opportunity, Not Redistribution
WASHINGTON – On the left, the conventional wisdom is that too many people are poor in America because a...
Opposition To Keystone Pipeline Part Of An Ideological Anti-Oil Argument
WASHINGTON – The US Senate just had a vote on the Keystone pipeline that would transport Canada’s oil to refineries...
The Republicans Must Support Immigration Reform
WASHINGTON – The Republicans are in a real bind. Sure they won the November 4 elections. And by a...
The Jonathan Gruber Story Will Not Go Away
WASHINGTON – The usually pro-Obama US media ignored the explosive story of MIT Professor Jonathan Gruber, a highly paid consultant...
Historic US-China Deal To Fight Global Warming?
WASHINGTON – President Obama went to Beijing and –surprise, surprise– he pulled a huge rabbit out of a hat in...
It Is Time For Kiev To Recognize that Eastern Ukraine Is Lost
WASHINGTON – I know that this is repetitive, but I have to say again that it is time for Ukrainian...