I generally have focused my writings on events in the Middle East, but would like to take a few minutes to visit the violence currently erupting in Kiev, Ukraine. As you are aware, I am speaking as a westerner and cannot fully grasp the situation as a native Ukrainian. However, I will speak to you […]
For years economists have warned of the time when international trade will begin decoupling from the U.S. Dollar as the world’s reserve currency. As the theory goes, the United States will face financial and economic collapse if the position of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency is undermined. In short, the U.S. can finance its […]
What appears now to be President Obama’s imminent nomination of former Senator Chuck Hagel has caused a firestorm of criticism from traitors in our midst. In particular, Senator Hagel is under attack because he was gutsy and honest enough to state an obvious fact about the disproportionate and decidedly negative influence various Israeli lobby groups exert […]
It is rare that I would offer support to anything Washington proposes, but in the specific case of automatic cuts to the Defense Department, I can’t agree more. The rhetoric in Washington is that if we, as a nation, go over the fiscal cliff, the Department of Defense as we know it will cease to exist. […]
On the eve of the election, I am still sticking with my initial mid-May 2012 prediction that Obama will win based on an X-factor few pundits have even dared to mention less give a third-party candidate media attention. Romney has been riding a wave of enthusiasm, but contrary to what conservative pundits want you to believe, it may […]
This article is one of an exclusive Black Box Wire multi-part series on the upcoming war with Iran. This article discusses the feasibility of a successful strike to stop Iran’s nuclear development. If America is going to be led into another war, the public deserves to be properly informed about what it is about to undertake. In future exclusive articles, […]