One underlying principle explains almost all policy quarrels between Republicans and Democrats (part one of two) by Richard Schulman The recent banking crisis has provided an unexpected value: it tells us much about the underlying principles that differentiate progressive Democrats from traditional Republicans. The banking crisis was triggered by the unusually rapid raising of interest […]
Could a devastating surprise attack happen again?
by Richard Schulman After December 7, 1941 (Pearl Harbor Day), Americans resolved that such a devastating surprise attack would never be allowed to happen again. Three generations later, that avowal had become forgotten. The surprise attack of 12/7 was followed by the no less deadly surprise attack of 9/11. Therefore, on this day of remembrance, […]
Biden’s Green Energy Policy Should Be Suspended During Crisis
By Richard Schulman The single Biden administration policy that is the most damaging to the US and other nations is its green policy of fossil fuel suppression. The Biden-Democratic policy is based on climate science that has been debunked from a number of angles, including two relatively new ones discussed here (the prevalence of greater […]
The Biden administration’s urgent need for a reset
by Richard Schulman Joe Biden wanted to be a reincarnation of FDR, but his template was the anti-capitalist FDR of 1933-1937 – when the US was deep in a world depression and suffering unprecedented unemployment. Neither of these exist today. If Biden really wants to recover his reputation, he needs to transform himself into the […]
Surprise: US accepts WTO olive ruling favoring EU
* But US and EU agricultural protectionism remains a scandal — harming consumers in the advanced sector with severe food price inflation and farmers in the developing sector whose price-depressed products are blocked from sale to US and EU consumers; * A US-EU dispute remains over the EU’s discriminatory plans for the US tech giants;* […]
