Tweeting Away Friends and Allies
Schoolyard name calling by an American president might be unusual, it might be undiplomatic, it might even be childish, yet it had the world...
A Year Best Forgotten
What has stood out this year as 2017 draws to a close, is the "globalization of indifference," a term coined by Pope Francis.
An indifference...
Is the U.S. Losing Its Clout?
Delegates to the UN are generally referred to as diplomats. But, in the wake of the vote condemning the U.S. decision on Jerusalem, one...
Republican Tax Reform: A Windfall If Done Right – Updated
Tax reform will be the litmus test for Republicans and President Trump and will be decisive in determining the latter’s re-election. With repealing and...
‘American Dream’ quickly becoming an illusion
The number of Americans living in poverty and the already high income inequality could worsen further in the days to come, making the United...
The United States of America needs to reiterate its global-police role
In relation to the Trump’s isolationistic assertion, which America should pull back as a world police and according to its diminishing role, Counter Narco-Terrorism...
Republicans Should Use Tax Reform to Pursue the Real Deficit Driver: Entitlements
In the weeks preceding the holiday recess, GOP congressional leaders passed two sweeping tax reform bills, hoping to produce a final version for President...
Deep State Mandatory Arbitration Clauses Subvert the American People’s Right to Sue
Cleverly tucked away in almost each and every “contract” struck by and between the American People and the corporate/banking behemoths dotting the American landscape,...
Trump Softens Towards China Remaining Obstinate On Climate- A Note to Deniers
If there was a striking theme in the Trump Asian trip, it was a clearly less muscular policy towards China. U.S. naval patrols to...
Trump Assessment on Election Anniversary
It is a year since Donald J. Trump's election as president on November 8, 2016, and a couple of months less since his inauguration. ...