My Comments: 1) call me slow, but I’ve not heard of Generation Z. 2) does the world need a saviour? 3) never mind the spelling; this comes from the Financial Times, which comes from London. 4) I was once in the 16-25 age group and look at me now. 5) without Eric Cantor, who is …
Tag: global politics
Obama: Prevaricating On Foreign Policy
My Comments: It’s hard not to be tired and uninterested in the speeches of a President now well into his second and last term as President. Never mind that I voted for him twice and have a generally favorable opinion of his efforts on our behalf. Foreign policy is not something that does much for …
Keeping the NSA in Perspective
My Comments: This won’t interest some of you, which is OK. Others will recognize it as part of the cosmos that includes our economy and our political environment. These things contribute to the process that results in the amount of money we have to live our lives the way we want to. I’ve long said …
The SWIFT way to get Putin to scale back his ambitions
My Comments: How many of you have heard of SWIFT? Do you recall it was used in 2012 with Iran? I’ve commented earlier about the events in Ukraine and how they may effect us and our investments. Not to mention the bad feelings they generate in my head given my personal history. While the talking …
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Coastal Dwellers Should Take Their Own Chances
My Comments: When I graduated from college, I decided to stay where I had lived the past four years. I’ve never once regretted that choice. Living in Florida and NOT on the coast might be a good thing, now that global warming is in our collective thoughts. But most of my life is now behind …
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Uncertainty, Not China, is Replacing US Power
My Comments: Do you lay awake at night, worrying about this? Me either. But global political dynamics will influence our lives, and the lives of those we love, in ways that cannot be predicted. I’ve been part of the world of financial planning and investments for almost four decades and over that span, the extent …
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Scorpions, Chiggers & Sand Fleas
My Comments: I wish I knew who wrote this and who sent it to me so I could give them proper credit. The closest I’ve come to “war” was my early years in England when the Germans were dropping bombs on the surrounding countryside near London. Intellectually I know that from time to time it’s …
The Astounding Power of “Economic Elites”
My Comments: I confess to having been naive when it comes to some people having a greater influence on political outcomes than others. But now I've read about this report, and what it claims, and my naivete is now boundless. Some friends and family stopped voting long ago. They have accepted that their votes are …
U.S. Defense Policy in the Wake of the Ukrainian Affair
My Comments: I was born in England in 1941 with bombs dropping on and around us almost daily. My father, with the Royal Tank Regiment, was across the Channel in the thick of things. Today I have memories of blasted buildings and walls standing here and there, some with staircases. My mother used to put …
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A Deal Over Ukraine is Ugly But Unavoidable
My Comments: Now that the University of Florida's march to the national title game in basketball is behind us, (Congratulations, guys, for giving us several months of enduring pleasure as we watched you grow and succeed!) it's time to come back to earth and consider how life is likely to play out on other fronts. …
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