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The Decay of American Media
Toward a Poor Journalism One evening a half-dozen years ago, I stayed at the house of Albert Maysles, the noted documentary filmmaker, in upper Manhattan. I had just flown in from Hong Kong, where I was living at the time….
Why the Hell Does Mario Draghi Want to Leave the ECB Now!?
What would happen to Europe’s prospects for recovery if Mario Draghi left his job as president of the European Central Bank? Would Draghi’s plans to implement an ambitious policy of monetary stimulus get bulldozed by German inflation hawks and others…
New York Times propagandists exposed: Finally, the truth about Ukraine and Putin emerges
NATO was the aggressor and got Ukraine wrong. Many months later, the media has eventually Well, well, well. Gloating is unseemly, especially in public, but give me this one, will you? It has been a long and lonely winter defending the…
As Deflation Looms, It’s Europe’s Moment of Truth
Europe is in trouble… Again. This time, Europe is on the brink of disastrous trouble. This, unfortunately, seems to be news not yet delivered to many European Union technocrats—in particular, many Germans. It starts to look reckless for policy makers…
“Our media have betrayed us incessantly this year”
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
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
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
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
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
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…
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