The Obama Administration's Middle East policies - it would be foolhardy to call them "strategy" - would be ludicrous were they not so threatening to American interests, regional and world stability. The latest permutation is Washington's position … [Read more...] about U.S. Lost in the Mideast Swamp
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The Weiner-Kebab & The New York City Mayorship
"There's no such thing as bad publicity" is a favorite saying of America's bad boys and girls. It used to mean that it wasn't so bad if one were accused of things that couldn't be proved. Being compelled to practice "plausible deniability" was … [Read more...] about The Weiner-Kebab & The New York City Mayorship
Egypt at a Crossroad, Again
It appears that exercising more patience and better judgment would have kept Egypt in the clutches of the Muslim Brotherhood and president Mohamed Morsi out of custody. Acting hastily to impose the Muslim Brotherhood's leadership on Egypt's … [Read more...] about Egypt at a Crossroad, Again
U.S. Sovereignty Under Attack
President Obama seems set on his way to carrying out his policy of zeroing the United States nuclear weapons capability as well as its sovereignty. Speaking at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin last month, he reiterated his commitment to a "nuclear zero" … [Read more...] about U.S. Sovereignty Under Attack
Time for Churchill’s “V or Victory”
Winston Churchill overcame many difficulties-even failures-to speak truth to power in the 1930s, warning about the growing existential threat to Great Britain-indeed all of Western Civilization; and when that truth became sufficiently apparent, to … [Read more...] about Time for Churchill’s “V or Victory”
Hand·wring·ing , the order of the day
"Never underestimate the role of fad in American life", my old friend Milton Sachs, historian, Brandeis University professor, used to say. This season's fashion is denigrating the power, historic role and the U.S.' indispensable place in preserving … [Read more...] about Hand·wring·ing , the order of the day
Soccer: A Barometer of Europe’s Immigrants’ Integration
There are a myriad of national and international, public and private barometers of European immigrant integration. Most are statistical. There is, however, a burgeoning literature of anecdotal evidence that tells the story in more human and … [Read more...] about Soccer: A Barometer of Europe’s Immigrants’ Integration
INGOs’ Insatiable Power Grab
The rapidly increasing role of nongovernmental organizations internationally (INGOs) has been a matter of concern for a very long time. First and foremost, INGOs are responsible to no one. They are motivated by a group's interest and its financial … [Read more...] about INGOs’ Insatiable Power Grab
Financial Market Vulnerability: The Next Shoe to Drop?
The global financial crisis of 2007-08 did little to lessen the vulnerability of the U.S. financial markets, leaving it open to cyber attacks by individual or groups of criminals, terrorists or states. The "glitches" in High Frequency Trading (HFT) … [Read more...] about Financial Market Vulnerability: The Next Shoe to Drop?
Commonsense on Immigration
Almost three decades ago, I made a "discovery:" virtually all the problems I had been chasing for years, as a reporter in Asia, existed in Mexico. Because of the only land border between what was then called the first and the third worlds, one day it … [Read more...] about Commonsense on Immigration