Month: October 2017

I don’t know if there are any Tom Petty fans in the audience, but this seems a good week to pay tribute to one of our deceased rock legends. Somehow, this song always had a certain resonance with me. There are a lot of...

If you want to know why I am worried about how the president will behave today in Las Vegas, all you have to do is look at the reaction he got after his trip to Puerto Rico. His supporters applauded again, pointing to his...

The Intercept – We Can Finally Identify One of the Largest Holders of Puerto Rican Debt For years, the identity of the owner of one of the largest holdings of Puerto Rican debts has been a mystery. That mystery has finally...

Joseph Cao served in Congress from January 3, 2009 to January 3, 2011. He represented Louisiana’s 2nd congressional district, which contains nearly of the city of New Orleans. The Big Easy is a very Democratic town, but...

Putin is the Go-to Guy in the Middle East [more to be inserted] With Moscow’s cloud growing in Middle East, Putin increasingly finds himself unable to please all the visitors. The Israelis and Turks, the Egyptians and...