Friday, November 24, 2023

Israel-Palestine, U.S. Congress are zero-sum games

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  Gordon L. Weil The Israel-Palestine-Gaza conflict and House Republican politics might seem to have nothing in common.   But they do. B...
Friday, November 17, 2023

Trump, China’s Xi share policy goals

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  Gordon L. Weil Donald Trump and Xi Jinping have the same political goal. For Trump, it’s embodied in his slogan, “Make America Great Again...
Friday, November 10, 2023

Biden versus Trump might not happen

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  Gordon L. Weil Get ready for snow. Before long, the 2024 election campaign will be covered in a thick blanket of speculation.   It wil...
Friday, November 3, 2023

Classic test of political power of money

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  Gordon L. Weil In olden times, alchemists tried to turn lead into gold.   They failed. In 1976, the U.S. decided to convert gold into ...
Friday, October 27, 2023

In Washington and Israel, negotiated compromise essential

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  Gordon L. Weil The federal government has been paralyzed. The Middle East teeters on the edge of a major conflict with unknown limits ...
Friday, October 20, 2023

U.S. government, world affairs in deep crises

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Gordon L. Weil “This may be the most dangerous time the world has seen in decades,” says Jamie Dimon, a top U.S. banker. American consti...
Friday, October 13, 2023

Nobel Prizes signal rise of women

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  Gordon L. Weil Among this year’s Nobel Prizes, four of the six awards went to a woman – two of them without a male counterpart.   The wo...