What is Terrorism? Words matter … in their innuendos as well as in their dictionary definitions. The words uttered by world leaders matter more than others. Directly after the Boston Marathon attack by two Muslim brothers on April 15, 2013, President Obama called it a “senseless...
The First Amendment, a Free Press and Journalism What is the obverse of a “free press”? We’ve once again reached a point in history where that question has become topical because America’s media has taken steps on-the-way to becoming an “unfree press.” Why is...
Global Economic Stability The past 10 years, post the Great Recession, has been a period of surprisingly measured global economic growth. Although developing countries, primarily in Asia and Africa, have witnessed the strongest economic performance, developed countries also have participated. For example, Australia has...
Whither Inflation (an ongoing discussion)? The Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, and other Central Bankers have been working in parallel to stimulate their economies. To do so, they’ve printed enormous amounts of fiat currencies: U.S....
1937 1937 is not a notable part of a 20th Century history course. If you asked a history professor the events in 1937 that students should integrate into their knowledge-base, perhaps the Hindenburg disaster would receive first mention. Some would say that it changed...