[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]ABOUT ALL THOSE SHAKY FOUNDATIONS…UNDER OUR FEET. (especially all along the trail of the Pacific ring of fire) In the past few weeks two hard seismic events have shaken up our world. The first, in southern Japan, followed now by
BRASIL’S POLITICAL SAMBAS… (when they’re good they’re very, very good…when they’re bad like now…they’re…horrid) The largest economy and democratic society in South America is in shambles, and it’s a sad thing to watch because Brasil has lots of almost everything…from
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]ALL THOSE LAVA FLOWS OF MONEY FOR POLITICAL ACTION… ( to give our economy CPR every four years) We probably have the most productive economic machinery in the world. Unfortunately, it has a bad pattern of boom or bust cycles,
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]AND THE WAY WE WERE BACK THEN… (…is still the way we are today…) Here’s another reminder how things still seem to be economically uncertain for us all, and why we’re all so antsy about and cranky with…the “establishment.” This
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]PLUS CA CHANGE PLUS C’EST LA MEME CHOSE… (…the more things change…the more they remain the same…) Here we are in this 2016 presidential election cycle, and the very same issues and concerns we had nearly a decade ago…are still
THE GROWING PRESENCE OF A QUIET VOICE… (…offering the alternative of pragmatic common sense) Behind all that noisy self-promoting hoopla we hear from all those other candidates for president, from both parties, there is the growing presence of a quiet
THEY’RE HUNTING FOR A BAD CAT IN A HAT… (…with apologies to Dr. Seuss) The Belgian authorities have asked their people for help in tracking down that third member of the jihadist terror trio which struck their Brussels airport…the one
VIVA CUBA LIBRE MR. PRESIDENT…MORE OR LESS… (and while loading up on cigars…don’t forget our missing cruise missile stashed there) Our President is off to Havana for an official state visit to Cuba, the first and only one to do