The Near Collapse Of A Bridge In Wisconsin Is a Reminder Of The Horrible State Of America’s Basic Infrastructure By Paolo von Schirach September 26, 2013 WASHINGTON – A major bridge in Green Bay, Wisconsin has been closed to traffic...
No Way For America To Compete Effectively Unless It Improves Its Dismal Public Education System By Paolo von Schirach September 25, 2013 WASHINGTON – There is really no dispute about the fact that in this hyper...
Media Obsession With Terrorism Encourages Attention Seeking People To Engage In Terror Plots WASHINGTON – The real problem with terrorists is that, whatever their “cause” and declared “goals”, deep down they are mostly attention...
If Solar Power Became Affordable, Developing Countries Would Be Transformed WASHINGTON – When it comes to electric power generation and distribution, in developed countries we are used to this...
Outrageous Health Care Costs In America WASHINGTON – I have observed before that there is an incredible gap between the extraordinarily high level of US health...
Martin Feldstein Has An Excellent Recipe For Stimulating US Growth While Fixing The Debt By Paolo von Schirach September 18, 2013 WASHINGTON – In a very clear and cogent essay published by the...
China’s Challenges: Lower Growth And An Environmental Crisis By Paolo von Schirach September 17, 2013 WASHINGTON – The gravity-defying Chinese economic growth model is not working anymore....
Prudential Created Ads Stating That One’s Dreams Are Achieved Only Upon Retirement – Really? If So, What Is The Value Of The Working Years? By Paolo von Schirach September 16, 2013 WASHINGTON – An ad by Prudential, the financial services firm, says: “Doing...
Too Early To Call The US-Russia Deal On A Road Map Leading To The Destruction Of Syria’s WMDs “A Success” By Paolo von Schirach September 14, 2013 WASHINGTON – The rather optimistic headlines are that the US and Russia reached...
Washington DC Mayor Vincent Gray Vetoed “Walmart Bill” By Paolo von Schirach September 13, 2013 WASHINGTON – Washington DC Mayor Vincent Gray vetoed the “Walmart Bill” passed by the...