A basic rule for one in a position of confrontation, whether adversarial negotiation or open conflict, is to try to anticipate what actions an adversary might do or think.
An Italian colleague used to quote a jibe at is own countrymen’s penchant for long discussions when other things needed doing.
How much does one need to know to predict what the Fed has to do?
No wonder young people are developing nihilistic attitudes. Their own government has created a formidable and all-inclusive mess.
The president of the National Education Association (NEA), an American teachers’ union and the largest union in the country, is demanding the Biden Administration force Israel to agree to a…
Fifty years ago this week, in the middle of the Arab Oil Embargo, I was in Washington trying to convince Congressional representatives, policy makers, and bureaucrats there was no crisis.
The Israel-Gaza War is having strong effects we did not expect and - so far - not having effects we expected.
A wide range of observers who study economic, political, financial, and cultural cycles of the U.S. and the world reached a common conclusion.
Along with everyone else trying to evaluate the effects of the one-day Russian revolution, China is probably re-thinking its partnership with Russia.
After thoroughly antagonizing the Saudis, a longtime ally, President Joe Biden is now trying to renew negotiations with Iran, a long-term Saudi enemy.
As of last March 30, oil had traded as a commodity on open exchanges for 40 years. Most people do not remember a time when “WTI” oil was not quoted as “the oil price” by news sources in the United…
More and more “less-developed” countries are responding favorably to China’s political and financial offers of investment, conflict resolution, an alternative financial non-dollar system, and all-…
America’s first transgender college athlete says men have no physical advantages over women in athletics and actually believes that malarkey. Nice try, Schuyler Bailar, but no cigar. Bailar was…
The miniscule number of non-binary distance runners was statistically irrelevant, but this tiny group of individuals got their own division Sunday in the first running of the Jersey City Marathon…
How bad is the reputation of the National Basketball Association? The league is so ridiculously woke that the coach who won more league championships than anyone else – Hall of Famer Phil Jackson…
It’s hard to believe, but NBA types have not sucked up enough yet to the Chinese communists. No worries. Brooklyn Nets guard Ben Simmons has come riding up to the league’s rescue.
The anticipated ESPN downsizing could come as early as next week as Disney is expected to cut some 4,000 jobs, an estimated 15 percent of its employees. The question is, will the parent company…
The opponents of Big Oil have finally done it. They’ve learned how to prevent fossil fuels from killing millions of people. You attend the world snooker championships, spread orange dye on a table…
What we see in the above news is a pattern of ineffective, incompetent, and irrational leadership by what is known as the West. Fanatics and fringe groups dictate policy. A large part of the world…