9. I repeatedly see the US being more suspicious of Asian countries than European countries. Look at all the people who suggested China was a bigger threat than Russia, despite Russia obviously being far more aggressive. Look how we obsessed over big Japanese trade surpluses and ignored big Ge...
By resigning publicly, I am saddened by the knowledge that I likely foreclose a future at the State Department. I had not initially planned a public resignation. Because my time at State had been so short — I was hired on a two-year contract — I did not think I mattered enough to ...
This finding is not well known because academic researchers seem to operate in ivory towers. Researchers in economic departments aren’t expected to understand physics and how it applies to the economy. In fairness to academia, the discovery that the economy is a dissipative structur...
Why can't China copy accoutability from the west? The west is a big place. If you are refirring to the US politicians there is very little accountability. They allow themselves to do insider trading. Conflict of interest is not in the American language. They do just about what they like...
troops to invade Iraq within days after the former Texas governor entered the White House three years ago, former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill told CBS News’ 60 Minutes. This echos similar statements made by US Army General Wesley Clark who repeatedly warned that the US sought global-...
“We wouldn’t be in the mess we are today if we kept on smoking marijuana as much as we did in the ‘60s — and Paul Krassner and I were two of the people who never stopped smoking pot,” Swerdlow said as the crowd laughed. ...