Category Archives: US politics

Russia, the US, Putin, Trump, and Obama

Posted on January 9, 2017 by

This is potentially an explosive period in US political history with global implications. And we now face a critical moment. What I will share today is disturbing, but real. I think George Friedman at Geopolitical Futures provides a very frank, … Continue reading →

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George Friedman’s shocker

Posted on October 31, 2016 by

This is not just unprecedented, it is simply shocking. If you don’t know who George Friedman is, you can google him. He founded Stratfor, then left when it grew larger than he liked and founded Geopolitical Futures. He is perhaps … Continue reading →

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We need a new act in the American political circus

Posted on July 31, 2016 by

I give up. I have been trying to avoid the quadrennial American political circus that, this year, is especially disturbing. I have taken an essay I published here two years ago and updated the statistics, some of the text, and … Continue reading →

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A Lesson for America from the Frontier

Posted on October 21, 2015 by

If you were to ask me to identify the most damaging war in American history, it would have to be the war it fought with itself from 1861 to 1865. In retrospect, many argue that the Union was never in … Continue reading →

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George Friedman on: The Crisis of the Well-Crafted Candidate

Posted on September 22, 2015 by

Those who read this blog probably know that I respect George Friedman and his global analytical firm, Stratfor. Today, he did something he normally refuses to do. He discussed the current US Presidential nomination process. In addition, he has given … Continue reading →

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Automation versus a $15 minimum wage

Posted on August 7, 2015 by

One of the joys of being an American citizen living outside the United States is that it can give you at least the illusion of separation from the shouting and anger of the current American political scene. I may have … Continue reading →

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Preparing for the Third Iraq War

Posted on February 24, 2015 by

As I work on a more comprehensive, global forecast for the next ten to fifteen years, I try to avoid spending time on matters of immediate media interest. The war in the Ukraine is an example.  I will make an … Continue reading →

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Not in denial, in avoidance

Posted on August 16, 2014 by

Last week, I discussed what I think is clear about the increasing concentration of income in the hands of fewer people in the US. I used a graph of the income earned by the top 5% of US taxpayers as … Continue reading →

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Lost in the Forest

Posted on August 7, 2014 by

The excitement caused by Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” has died down. The futility of implementing his proposed global wealth tax is obvious to all but the most blindly ideological. The argument over how one determines “wealth” will … Continue reading →

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The global crisis summed up in a single word

Posted on May 23, 2013 by

It has been seven months since I last posted here and most of you have probably decided I passed away, fell off the edge of the earth, or some such fate. But there has been a reason, a very simple … Continue reading →

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