Overcoming Racial Prejudice in America WASHINGTON – “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they...
How To Handle Terrorism: Stop Media Coverage Terrorists love publicity. International media make them famous, this way encouraging others WASHINGTON – A 31 year old French citizen of Tunisian origin, using a truck as his weapon, run over...
America Is Not Suffering Daily Terror Attacks All media and some politicians created a false narrative about a phony existential threat WASHINGTON – One of the most damaging –and completely unchallenged– myths propagated by some candidates in this surreal presidential...
Obama Talks About Gun Violence In Order To Avoid Embarrassing Issues While major crises pile on, with a clever move the President got everybody to focus on his modest gun control initiative WASHINGTON – I’ve got to hand it to President Obama. He is a really capable politician. And probably the...
Saudi Arabia’s Oil End Game It is not about America. It is really about Iran WASHINGTON – More than a year ago, when it became obvious that massive increases in US oil production (thanks...
Trump Is Still Ahead, But His Core Constituency Is Narrow Does Trump has the skill to build a coalition that will go well beyond his White, lower middle class loyal base? WASHINGTON – Yes, despite the crazy things he says about immigrants, China, Mexico, and Muslims, and despite the grandiose...
In The Age Of The Internet Biased News Still Prevails The internet was supposed to make telling lies a lot more difficult. But it is not soo WASHINGTON – Here is one big paradox for you. When the internet proved to be a truly revolutionary innovation,...
Most US University Professors Are Democrats – Not Good For Students Who Need To Be Exposed To Diverse Ideas 96% of Ivy League faculty and staff supported Barack Obama in 2012 WASHINGTON – Most liberal arts departments in American universities claim that they offer students the unique opportunity to expand...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk Both Defiant And Conciliatory In A Speech At The Atlantic Council The Ukrainian leader has received open support from President Obama on Crimea. But it is not clear how far the US and Europe are willing to go if Russia does not back down By Paolo von Schirach March 12, 2014 WASHINGTON – The Western world seems to be united in its support...
Italy Cradle Of The Arts? Yes, And Today’s Center Of Corruption – The Worst In Europe The Italians feel ill treated by S&P because it failed to recognized its rich history. Well, how about its present, as the most corrupt country in Europe? By Paolo von Schirach February 5, 2014 WASHINGTON – The Financial Times reports that Italian authorities have filed some...