Lesson From Ottawa Attack: Too Much Media Coverage For Acts Of Political Violence
WASHINGTON – What is the lesson to be drawn from the shootings in the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa? Very simple....
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No More News From Ukraine – Putin Won, Poroshenko Lost
WASHINGTON – We hear nothing about Ukraine these days. And for a very simple reason. The war is over....
Total’s Chief Accidently Killed By His Russian Friends
WASHINGTON – It is really odd that oil man Christophe de Margerie, Total’s CEO and Putin’s friend, was killed in...
China’s New Slow Economy
WASHINGTON – What’s really happening to the Chinese economy? The answer is that we do not know for sure. But...
State Capitalism Does not Work
WASHINGTON – Capitalism is flawed, we know this. The 2008 epic, almost terminal, Wall Street financial meltdown demonstrated that in...
The Ebola Response Reveals Incompetence
WASHINGTON – Beyond the hysteria, false alarms and exaggerations surrounding just three Ebola cases in the US, the disturbing fact...
The Greek Economy Never Recovered – Now It is Once Again In Crisis
WASHINGTON – We were told months ago that Greece, the ultra-sick member of the Eurozone, was essentially out of...
Lockheed Claims Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough
WASHINGTON – I have observed in previous pieces that our long season of economic stagnation here in America (and...
Is Wall Street Going To Crash?
WASHINGTON – If you believe that US stocks are priced fairly, then the current sharp dip experienced by Wall...
Ebola: We Should Design Better Protective Clothing For Health Care Workers
WASHINGTON – Here we go. In America we are in the middle of a media-induced “Ebola scare”. Indeed, we have...