Top 10 Threats to Watch in 2012

U.S. intelligence agencies  forecast beyond the next five years any possible threats to US interests.   Robert Gates, serving as U.S. secretary of defense, noted two months into NATO’s intervention ...

2012 Will Be More Difficult Than 2011

Do you believe that 2012 will be more difficult for the global economy than 2011 was?  Well, that is what German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes.  The woman that has become ...

Denmark Takes EU Rotating Presidency with Many Handicaps

Denmark takes up the rotating EU presidency as the year begins, succeeding Poland. Denmark and its left-of-center government are taking the helm in most inauspicious circumstances. The main order of ...

India Reports Sharp Contraction in Production as Exports to West Lag

Given the economic stagnation in the West, the tendency has been to regard Asia as the supplier of growth engines. Unfortunately China has reported a slowdown and now India is ...

Euro Crisis: Italy is the REAL Problem!

  If  little Greece (11 m. people) and tiny Ireland (6 m. people) rattled Europe’s windows, because of their debts, Italy is about to blow up Europe’s shaky house.  Here ...

How much longer will the Euro survive?

Few things are as galling as being right too soon. Back in 1970, dissident Soviet historian Andrei Amalrik wrote a book boldly called “Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984?” ...

His Position Has Improved, But Sarkozy Has a Long Way to Go

The polls show a tightening race between the incumbent French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the current favorite French Socialist Francois Hollande and they are in a virtual tie on the ...

Geert Wilders Speech in Berlin – September 3, 2011

Thank you for inviting me to Berlin. It is an honour to be here in this beautiful city of Berlin. When I was here last year I emphasized how important ...

Actual Unemployment Rate Is at ‘Great Depression Levels’

U.S. unemployment rates may officially be hovering around 9 percent but in reality, they’re up near the 20 percent levels around the time of the Great Depression, maybe even higher, ...

Greece Government Nears Total Collapse

ATHENS — The Greek government was plunged into chaos on Tuesday and faced an imminent collapse, as lawmakers rebelled against Prime Minister George Papandreou’s surprise call for a popular referendum ...