Coronavirus looks to me like a trigger rather than a cause. Why would that be? For one, a market…
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Stock-Market Optimism
Breathtaking news, Wall Street investors are breathless with optimism. The world is going to hell in a breathlessly accelerated…
Tariffs Are Not Advanced by Breaking All the China
Don’t confuse the headline with breaking the Chinese nation, I’m using the more common reference to bulls in china…
A Return to Tariffs in the United States Makes Sense
Tariffs are essentially a tax on imports or exports between nations. Their goal is to protect manufacturing and that’s more…
Time for another Nixon-Kissinger style trip to Beijing—this time to Moscow
In 1972, exactly 43 years and four months ago, newly elected President Richard Nixon and his National Security Advisor, Henry…
My Car Keys Are Not ‘Lost’ Either, but until I Locate Them I Can’t Drive the Car
Obama: U.S. security is still at stake AFGHAN WAR TO ESCALATE 30,000 more troops; pullout begins mid-2011 By Scott Wilson…
The Next Stinger Sting
Pakistan Seeks More U.S. Military Aid Prime Minister Gillani Petitions Envoy for Drone Technology, Real-Time Data By Joshua Partlow Washington…
Didn’t We Go to Afghanistan to Punish Bin Laden?
U.S. Officials Offer Dismal Review of War in Afghanistan National Security Team Says More Troops From NATO Allies Are Necessary…
Defusing a Bar-Fight by Handing One Guy a Broken Bottle
Taiwanese Leader Hails Weapons Deal With U.S. By Jane Rickards Special to The Washington Post Sunday, October 5, 2008; A21…
Not Exactly Pearl Harbor–but Close
Pakistanis Tell of New U.S. Missile Strike By ISMAIL KHAN PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Five people were killed and three wounded…