Op-Ed's
The United States, Taiwan and China Stirring the Pot of Discontent Part II
In Part One of this two part posting, I examined the history of Taiwan and its relationship with the United States, particularly after the end ……Read More
Op-Ed’s
Op-Ed's
Seeing Two Faces of Islam in One Terrorist Tragedy
Another New Year’s celebration; another bullet dodged, at least here in the United States and many other places. Sadly, not so in Istanbul, Turkey, where ……Read More
Op-Ed's
The Bombing of Iraq The NSA’s Viewpoint
Among the NSA documents that have seen the light of day there are a series of articles from the NSA’s internal, private news site, SIDtoday ……Read More
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How Much of Freedom of the Press is an Illusion?
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released its annual World Press Freedom Index for 2016 which ranks 180 nations according to the level of freedom available to journalists, ……Read More
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Fake News Fights Back
With the mainstream media performing their anti-“fake news” dance since the Clinton campaign lost their birthright to the Oval Office, a recent development shows us ……Read More
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How Workers’ Share of Gross Domestic Income Has Shaped America’s Angst
In this posting, I want to look at an economic measure that many of my readers will not be familiar with since it is much ……Read More