This was a phenomenal election and a spectacular result. The Indian voters are absolutely amazing. They may be poor and illiterate but they make great decisions that astound analysts and commentators. The reason for the success of the Indian Democracy is the wisdom of Indian voters. The election machine is just as phenomenal. The election takes…
Last year, the world was amazed when America elected its first African-American President, a man who brought hope to America and the rest of the world. The entire world looked at America and wondered why their societies are not able to achieve what America achieved.We believe that last week’s election in India had a similar…
Editor’s Note: In this new series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with brief comments. Our Web Software does not permit embedding of the clips into our articles. So we shall have to be content to include the links to the actual videoclips. Please let us know whether such articles are useful to…
As we write this article, the month-long Indian election is nearing its end. The political machinations for building a coalition to form the next Indian Government have already begun in earnest. As soon as it gets sworn in, the new Indian Government will have to take strong steps to revive the Indian economy. So we…
In late April, the Taleban entered the province of Buner from their stronghold in the neighboring province of Swat, which had been “given” to the Taleban by the Pakistani Government. Since Buner is only 70 miles from Islamabad (Pakistan’s capital), alarm bells rang in Washington. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the US Congress that the…
Last week we wrote* that “Chinese leaders live in a cocoon and are not subjected to any intellectual opposition. Their policies have been very successful during the past few years and now they seem to be drinking too much of their own concoction. Their actions are beginning to reflect this arrogance. This is why China today is…
Editor’s Note: In this new series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with brief comments. Our Web Software does not permit embedding of the clips into our articles. So we shall have to be content to include the links to the actual videoclips. Please let us know whether such articles are useful to…
Editor’s Note: In this new series of articles, we include important or interesting articles from various newspapers with brief comments. Please let us know whether such articles are useful to you.This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice…
This week we celebrate the one year anniversary of this Blog. This success is entirely due to the affection from our readers and we wish to thank them humbly and sincerely. Some may think that writing a blog is easy but in reality, it can be a time-consuming, complicated process. The words don’t always flow as…
There are four changes to our Top 10 list since our last monthly update on April 10. “CNBC’s Fast Money – Practice What Your Anchor Dylan Ratigan Preaches” has jumped from 5th place to 1st place. “Jeffrey Sonnenfeld Of Yale & Erin Burnett Of CNBC – Read The China-India Article in Foreign Affairs” – has entered the top…