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
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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
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
Op-Ed's
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