Germany Is Delusional To The Point Of Insanity

My Comments: Assertive headlines such as what you see here are usually outside my comfort zone. For one it implies a pathology that I’m not trained to comment on and two, Europe and European values are different from mine, given that I’ve lived here in the US for the past 65 years. (Warning: this post …

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Division and Crisis Risk Sapping the West’s Power

My Comments: I make no apologies for having supported and voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. Much of the pressure from the right, in my opinion, is irrational and disguised racism. Here is an opinion from England, my birthplace and true friend of America. It’s an interesting perspective and to the extent you …

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Boehner’s Lawsuit Is Betrayal Of Congress

My Comments: I don’t normally upload any posts on the weekend. I’m usually distracted by other matters and assume you are too. However, I happened across this and it resonated with me. It’s another example, in my opinion, of a dysfunctional Congress that is leading us down a path that I don’t want to follow. …

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Impossible Germany

My Comments: I’ve mentioned before how easy it is for us to discount the economic influence of Europe on the world stage. But it’s a mistake to do so. Collectively, the European Union is an economic engine that is just as critical to the economic welfare of the world as we are. If they go …

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4 Lessons For Us From a Century Ago

My Comments: As a nation we are on the horns of a dilemma regarding our role as the sole surviving superpower from the last century. I embraced Obama’s assertion that our national focus should revert to what is in our best interest domestically. At the time we were embroiled in Iraq and other places and …

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America’s Perpetual War on Terror By Any Other Name

My Comments: This has nothing to do with financial planning. However, for me it has a lot to do with my perception of myself as a contributing member of society. I vote at every opportunity, which I think gives me the right to voice my opinions, which sometimes includes a lot of bitching and moaning. …

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YOU WORRY ME!

My Comments: I’m very conflicted by current events in the Middle East. On one hand I’m a dove, sick and tired of the hatred and death and tribal motivations of the people involved. It also reinforces my discomfort about religion since the conflict always seems to be driven by a false belief that “my God …

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Obama Needs to Play The Honest Broker in the Mideast

My Comments: It’s Friday, I’m looking forward to the weekend, and yet the world keeps spinning and I can’t keep up. I’ve found myself turning off the TV when I find airheads talking about Isreal and Gaza, not because it isn’t important, but because I’m tired of hatred that has no other rationale than “my …

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Moscow’s Moves and Your Investments

My Comments: Geopolotical events almost always influence the world of investments. Today, global economic health, or lack of it, dictates to some extent how we invest our money, where we invest our money, and what we can expect going forward. All of us saw recently how the ISIS jihadists in Iraq caused the price of …

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Removing Saddam Hussein Did Not Cause This Crisis

My Comments: The price of oil is increasing. The news is full of both the World Cup and Iraq. How will any of this affect our investments? And, of course, as always, it depends. At first glance one might dismiss the author as expressing a self-serving platitude. On second glance, you remember he rose to …

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