Anne Hidalgo, the new mayor of Paris France was born in Spain 54 years ago. In the recent French elections, which nationwide generally replaced French Socialists in favor of Center Right and Far Right candidates, Ms. Hidalgo bucked the trend and got elected the first Socialist lady mayor of the City of Lights. This strikes… continue reading »

A unique newspaper available in 35 countries, and appearing weekly in San Francisco, is The EpochTimes. It is published by English speaking, American-based Chinese, and is definitely anti-Chinese Communist. They have an interesting article today that in many parts of the U.S. you likely have not seen. I’m providing a Link below which will get… continue reading »

From BBC News 4/26/2014 10.5 million: The number of people currently unemployed in the US 3.8 million: The number of people in the US who have been unemployed 27 weeks or longer 11.8 weeks: The average duration of unemployment in 1950 37.1 weeks: The average duration of unemployment in 2014 1,000%: The rate at which… continue reading »

Unemployment is an issue we keep on the back burner while obsessing about world affairs. Hard core Conservatives frequently characterize the poor and unemployed as welfare addicted. Liberals see them as needing assistance. They, themselves, see themselves as personal failures. I believe that we, the American people, are the failures for allowing their plight to… continue reading »

This Putin fellow is a modern fossil. His approach to managing Russia is hard as a rock. It is as if he were trapped in a time warp that prevents him from joining the present. I have tried to think as deeply as possible about him, and I suspect that unless one has been born… continue reading »