UK Will Lead A New NATO Rapid Reaction Force – Should Putin Take Notice? WASHINGTON – As a response to Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, NATO will do…well, not much. Most of the reactions so...
Italy Is Slowly Sinking – Years Of Recession Or Zero Growth – Unemployment At 12.6% WASHINGTON – Mario Draghi, the President of the European Central Bank (ECB) deserves praise for his ability to save...
Ukraine Should Admit Defeat – Let The Russians Take Over The East WASHINGTON – The situation in Eastern Ukraine is getting worse. It is now clear that Putin’s Russia has intervened directly in the...
Germany’s Green Energy Revolution Based On Belief, Not Economics WASHINGTON – An interesting WSJ story, (Germany’s Expensive Energy Gamble, August 27, 2014), provides a good illustration of top-down...
Ukraine Cannot Win Against Russia – Give Up The East WASHINGTON – Despite its (surprising) military successes against the pro-Russia rebels, there is no way that Ukraine can “win” this Moscow-funded civil...
Italy Overwhelmed By Immigrants From North Africa WASHINGTON – Regarding the constant flow of illegal immigrants from North Africa into Italy and to a lesser degree Spain, the...
Perceptions and Misperceptions About Black Crime And White Police Brutality WASHINGTON – The killing by a White police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, of a Black young man, 18-year-old Michael Brown, ...
Putin Destroyed All Notions Of A Peaceful Post-Cold War Europe WASHINGTON – In an almost casual way Russian President Vladimir Putin trashed each and every agreement that supposedly guaranteed...
Europe Does Not Like America WASHINGTON – In Italy, Alessandro Di Battista, a member of parliament who belongs to the opposition 5 Stelle, (5 Stars),...
Obama Talks About “Containing” ISIL – Not Enough, Eradicate This Cancer WASHINGTON – The barbaric, made for the internet, execution of James Foley, a US journalist held captive by ISIL, is a sad...