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Wed, November 13, 2019 | 03:46

Leaving California to the homeless

Leaving California to the homeless

Donald Trump visited enemy territory last week.He came out here to the deep blue state of California to raise a few million bucks at private fundraisers in Silicon Valley and Beverly Hills.

2019-09-27 16:00

Trump's faltering Middle East coalition

Trump's faltering Middle East coalition

On Oct. 2, it will be a year since the brutal murder in Istanbul of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In June this year, a United Nations report concluded that Saudi Arabia was responsible for his death, and that there was “credible evidence” implicating the country's de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (widely known as MBS), in his killing at the Saudi cons...

2019-09-26 16:00

Economic consequences of automation

Economic consequences of automation

While Brexit captures the headlines in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, the silent march of automation continues. Most economists view this trend favorably: Technology, they say, may destroy jobs in the short run, but it creates new and better jobs in the longer term.

2019-09-25 16:00

Friends more worried than foes by Trump

Friends more worried than foes by Trump

U.S. President's demand for transnational relations with South Korea and praise for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un indicate a churning toward an unknown in East Asian inter-state equations.

2019-09-24 18:07

Mexico needs to change course

Mexico needs to change course

Mexico's political and economic malaise could go from bad to worse in the coming months. The Mexican economy has been stagnating since late last year. The migration crisis unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump is humiliating, and is straining the country's resources.

2019-09-24 18:04

There is always hope

There is always hope

Fighting back tears, her voice cracking, Jackie Bieber had a simple message for anyone who's thinking about taking their own life:“There is always life,” she said. “There is always hope.”

2019-09-24 16:00

Why China, US need to worry about war on think tanks and free thought

Why China, US need to worry about war on think tanks and free thought

Right, you don't have to remind me: the Chinese civilization of 3,000-plus years has at the ready ancient sayings for almost everything that comes up in life - sort of like the French who “always have a word for it.”

2019-09-23 16:02

To endure coming global recession

To endure coming global recession

Many people in the world are worried that they are going to encounter another huge global recession soon. Economists often define a recession as when annual growth falls below 2.5 percent that lasts for at least two consecutive quarters.

2019-09-23 16:00

UN General Assembly confronts global crisis overload

UN General Assembly confronts global crisis overload

- Presidents, prime ministers, and potentates are assembling in New York for the 74th General Assembly. During this annual rite of autumn, delegations from the U.N.'s 193 member states shall debate, discuss and hopefully find some common ground on a plethora of global crises ranging from bloody military conflicts, to tragic refugee outflows, and the undertow of poverty, under...

2019-09-22 17:49

Last days of Netanyahu?

Last days of Netanyahu?

At long last, Israel has taken a step back from the religious nationalist abyss into which Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had been leading it. In the Sept. 17 parliamentary election, the country's second in five months, the “natural coalition” of Netanyahu's Likud party, Orthodox groups, and proto-fascist factions failed to reach the 61-seat threshold that would have enabl...

2019-09-22 15:36

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