Month: March 2014

A Conspiracy of Actuaries

Well, RNC chairman Reince Priebus just lost the actuary vote: Priebus boldly predicted a Republican “tsunami” in the 2014 midterm elections at a Christian Science Monitor event on Tuesday, but his remarks aimed at actuaries went...

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What It Takes To Be An Effective Senator

No one can dispute that Congress is broken. The Senate has been particularly dysfunctional in recent years. In the House, at least, a majority can pass bills. But, even now, there are issues that don’t fit into the...

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US ‘Diplomacy’ Dead-Ended In UN Security Council

. Ambassador Susan Rice had been unbelievably blunt in expressing US views and insulting other nations in the UNSC meetings. The new ambassador Samantha Power managed to anger Vitaly Churkin, the Russian ambassador and insulted...

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