Op-Ed's
Buying Influence America’s Health Care Business
With it appearing that Obamacare is on the ropes with a Republican-controlled Congress and Oval Office, a recent update to a study, Dollars for Docs ……Read More
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Op-Ed's
The National Security Agency’s Definition of Success in Iraq
Other than this: …what did it take to make the leadership at the NSA think that the United States efforts in Iraq had been successful? ……Read More
Op-Ed's
Withdrawing the United States from the United Nations
A recently introduced bill in the House, H.R. 193, proposes to end the United States participation in the United Nations. The bill was introduced on ……Read More
Markets
Bond Market Volatility Lessons from the Past
A rather fascinating article posted on the Bank of England’s Bank Underground website by Paul Schmelzing at Harvard University takes a very, very long look ……Read More
Op-Ed's
Global Election Meddling by Russia and USA
The Washington watchwords of the day seem to be “outside electoral interference”, in particular, referring to the alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election which ……Read More
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