Expect Agreement on Raising US “Debt Ceiling” – Ryan: Medicare Reform Key Part of 2012 Elections Debate by Paolo von Schirach May 6, 2011 WASHINGTON– Vice President Joe Biden assembled at Blair House, (just...
US May Pass Natural Gas Legislation – This Would Kickstart Conversion to Gas as Transportation Fuel by Paolo von Schirach May 5, 2011 WASHINGTON – Long after the “Drill, Baby Drill” populist slogans...
The Arab Spring Outcome Will Be Decided by Economic Reforms That Will Spur Growth by Paolo von Schirach May 1, 2011 WASHINGTON– The Arab Spring is still unfolding –and not neatly....
Standard & Poor’s Downgraded US Outlook – America in Decline Accepts “Negative” as “The New Normal” by Paolo von Schirach April 20, 2011 WASHINGTON– The US sovereign debt outlook was just downgraded from...
Paul Ryan, “Path to Prosperity”, And How To Change American Bad Health Habits Halvorson of Kaiser Permanente has a recipe WASHINGTON – Here is a riddle for you. What’s the connection between the US looming fiscal crisis, the 2011-2012...
After Bowles-Simpson, House Budget Chair Paul Ryan Comes Forward With a Serious Fiscal Reform Plan by Paolo von Schirach April 4, 2011 WASHINGTON – While the silly posturing on budget cuts to...
Americans Do Not Know About The Welfare State Crisis? “People in Washington assume that Americans understand how big the problem [of solvency for the US welfare...
Libya Reminds Us of Unresolved Oil Vulnerabilities WASHINGTON– First Tunisia, then Egypt and Yemen and Bahrain. And now, back to North Africa, we have...
Obama’s Budget Falls Short, Senators Have Plan? WASHINGTON – Barack Obama just went to Silicon Valley and Oregon to have another pep talk with...
Egypt’s Generals Leading The Country to Democracy? By Paolo von Schirach February 11, 2011 WASHINGTON – Lat week the Egyptian protesters finally got the...