“Who cares about a credit downgrade?” These were words from a GOP House member in response to Moody’s downgrade of American credit as the GOP controlled House has passed the biggest tax cuts in the history of America. Trump calls it the “big beautiful bill.” Elon Musk says it cannot be big and beautiful at…
In the 100 pages of 200 to 300, IBB, as we fondly called him covers matters of relevance and continuing consequences to a nation that he had the opportunity to govern for 8 years as undisputed leader. He called himself president even though we did not elect him. We let that slide. It did not…
The IBB Story. A fascinating piece of history, well documented, properly researched, and great editing with maybe, minor oversights, (this is me trying to be civil until I finish the entire material). I have read the first 100 pages which I will be analyzing for our readers in this article. Over the next 4 weeks,…
Hamas Ready to Talk? On that day of great infamy, October 7th, 2023, the world woke up to the shocking news that Hamas had attacked Israel unprovoked, killing 1,200 people, and taking over 200 hostages. The world held its breath. How would Israel respond? Hamas had made an existential mistake. Israel is not quite what…
Assad Falls in Syria. Who’s Next? Since the Arab Spring that started about 2010, there’s been somewhat of a political reshaping of the landscape in North Africa, and the Middle East at large. Hold the internet responsible. Everyone can now read about what’s going on elsewhere without the government jamming BBC signals or expelling foreign…
A Loaded Week. After weeks of the Gazarization, (a new word which means, destruction, pulverization, grinding down to dust without let or hindrance, or any shred of human sympathy), of Lebanon, thankfully, peace may yet reign as Israel and Hezbollah finally agreed to a ceasefire a week ago. As people returned to their homes in…
It’s MAGA Time. On Wednesday last week, Donald J. Trump, Biden’s predecessor returned to the White House as successor to Biden on a courtesy visit that he refused to extend to Biden in 2021. It all seemed like only yesterday that ‘January 6th’ happened. Time must really be an illusion. Maybe there really is no…
The Week That Was. If there’s anything the US election has taught us, it would be this: It is always the economy, stupid. The Biden economy looks good on paper, but the people are not feeling it in their pockets. In many ways, the American election mirrored the Edo election of September 21st in the…
Just as some people never learn a lesson from history, countries led by people like that easily fall into the trap of mediocrity. Take a country like Iran for example—here’s a country with unparalleled social, political and cultural history that could easily be a leader in the region, and a partner for progress with leading…
If one were to come up with one word to describe last week, I would say—-Anxious. There were so many things big enough, understood or misunderstood enough or even fearful enough for anyone reading the unfolding events to have palpitations. Bibi, the ultimate irredentist hawk had been holding meetings about how to respond to the…
