16 October 2024 In my last two blogs, I have focused on key issues to which the two Presidential candidates have paid insufficient attention: the bloated government budget deficit and surging public sector debt, as well as international trade policy and rising US foreign indebtedness. In both cases, I gave the narrow edge to Vice … Continue reading Election 2024 Edition #3: Climate Change
30 September 2024 In an earlier article "Election 2024: What They're Not Telling Us #1", I suggested the two Presidential candidates were engaged in a "conspiracy of silence" regarding key policy issues. Last time, I indicated American fiscal policy is on an unsustainable course, but both party leaders have evaded the topic, let alone suggested … Continue reading Election 2024 Edition #2: International Trade
20 September 2024 The US election is now less than seven weeks away. We have witnessed two quite memorable Presidential debates. The candidates have clashed on issues of character, fitness for office, U-turns on previous policy positions, etc. All important topics, to be sure. However, direct questions on how to address key policy issues are … Continue reading Election 2024: What They’re Not Telling Us
22 October 2020 The long-anticipated Covid second wave is here (third wave in the USA). Experts project, correctly I suspect, that as winter arrives and activity heads indoors, the rate of infection will accelerate significantly further. In the United States, for example, I would not be surprised if daily new cases rise from 50,000 to … Continue reading Covid Second Wave: Bracing For a Long Winter