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“Our media have betrayed us incessantly this year”

“Our media have betrayed us incessantly this year”

November 27, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

This is a day to give thanks and to remember. That’s harder and harder with a media that wants us to forget It grows more difficult, all thinking people must admit, to figure out what we Americans are to be…

Why Google and Uber Are Playing Badly in Europe

Why Google and Uber Are Playing Badly in Europe

November 24, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Big data is in Big Trouble in Europe—Merkel won’t forgive NSA spying. Google faces an antitrust suit that could break up the company in Europe. Ubergeddon goes global as Singapore also imposes a ban. Things aren’t looking too good across…

We are the terrorists too: Thomas Friedman and John Kerry are misleading you about the Middle East

We are the terrorists too: Thomas Friedman and John Kerry are misleading you about the Middle East

November 20, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

The New York Times and the administration are spinning post-Arab Spring era. Let’s set the facts straight At a diplomatic do in New York the other night, someone remarked that the events that broke the Middle East wide open four…

How China and Russia Out-Maneuvered Obama in Asia

How China and Russia Out-Maneuvered Obama in Asia

November 17, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

President Obama brought a climate agreement back from his trip to Beijing last week, and Democrats and the media advertise it as a triumphant step in the U.S.-China relationship. At the weekend, he was in Brisbane for a G-20 meeting…

What really happened in Beijing: Putin, Obama, Xi — and the back story the media won’t tell you

What really happened in Beijing: Putin, Obama, Xi — and the back story the media won’t tell you

November 13, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

Ukraine, Iran’s nukes, the price of oil: There are ties worthy of a Bourne film, if the media connected the dots By way of events on the foreign side, the past few weeks start to resemble some once-in-a-while event in…

A U.S. Deal with Iran Could Reset the Balance of Mideast Power

A U.S. Deal with Iran Could Reset the Balance of Mideast Power

November 10, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Memo to Secretary of State Kerry: Mr. Secretary, When you arrived in Oman over the weekend to resume talks on Iran’s nuclear program, you must’ve known your pass-or-fail moment is on the line. The deadline for a deal is November…

The New York Times doesn’t want you to understand this Vladimir Putin speech

November 6, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

The Russian leader delivers an important foreign policy address we should consider. The Times botches it badly Give me a sec to count. In my lifetime the Soviet Union and latterly the Russian Federation have had nine leaders. Stalin’s death…

Monetary Easing’s the Game, but It Can’t Fix Economies By Itself

Monetary Easing’s the Game, but It Can’t Fix Economies By Itself

November 3, 2014 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

It’s all forces to the deflation front now, except when the troops are fighting inflation. Either way, monetary policy is now the confirmed fashion as all three of the leading economies—Europe, Japan, and the U.S.—simultaneously put their faith in money…

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