Robert Steele: Trump-Putin-Xi: Reflections on What Is Not Visible…

Trump-Putin-Xi: Reflections on What Is Not Visible… Russian International Affairs Council 20 November 2018 I always appreciate the thoughts of Andrey Kortunov and read “Trump-Putin Meetings: Do Elephants Need Celibacy”[1] with great interest.  While I agree with most of what my colleague has written, I want to make a few points that should be encouraging …

Review: ANTIFRAGILE – Things That Gain From Disorder

Nassim Nicholas Taleb 7 Star Transformative — As Important as Governing the Commons — LOCALIZE For those who do not know this, Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action earned Elinor Ostrom a Nobel Peace Prize in Economics. This book, by the author of Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable …

Paper Tiger: China is Bluffing on Tariffs, Time to Invite Others to Bid UPDATE 1 Graphics Added

Alert Reader based in China and heavily invested in Chinese manufacturing brokerage reports that Trump tariffs are exactly what has been needed to bring the Chinese to the table so as to correct the imbalance that may have been fair 30 years ago but is grossly unfair to US companies and workers now. He reports …

Robert Steele: The Big Lie: “Russian Propaganda.” The Bigger Lie: “The Truth Is What We Say It Is.”

The Big Lie: “Russian Propaganda.” The Bigger Lie: “The Truth Is What We Say It Is.” American Herald Tribune 18 September 2018 DOC (6 Pages): AHT IO Russia and the Rest FINAL 1.1 Full text online below the fold. Полный текст, переводимый в онлайн ниже складки – используйте переходник в правом верхнем углу экрана. גאַנץ …

Richard Winger: Review of Independent Politics: How American Disdain for Parties Leads to Political Inaction

BOOK REVIEW: INDEPENDENT POLITICS Independent Politics, How American Disdain for Parties Leads to Political Inaction, by Samara Klar and Yanna Krupnikov, 2016. Cambridge U. Press, 200 pages. Ballot Access News, 1 September 2018 Re-printed in full with permission. The authors are political scientists. Klar is at the University of Arizona and is a registered Democrat. …