Yearly Archives: 2015

by Robert Gore The variables the US government is trying to control in the Middle East are proliferating, but it has repeatedly failed to control far fewer variables and has made multiple situations worse. Other than as an honest broker … Continue reading →

Sometimes in the mundane circumstances of life some of the biggest events concerning the human experience completely escape our notice. Two of these events may well be the unintended consequences of Hitler’s slaughter of the Jews and part of the … Continue reading →

At this point, is there anyone that still doesn’t know that ISIS is selling hundreds of millions of dollars of stolen oil in Turkey?  As you will see below, this is very much an open secret, but the mainstream media in … Continue reading →

North Korea appeared to conduct a submarine-launched ballistic missile test on Saturday but it ended in failure with no indication that the missile successfully ejected from the vessel and took off, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported. The test, if … Continue reading →

China’s main share index closed down by more than 5% after several major brokerage firms announced they were under investigation. The Shanghai Composite index ended the day 5.5% lower at 3,436.3 points – marking its biggest drop since August. Late … Continue reading →

Employees of midsize and large companies in 2015 paid an average of $4,700 for their health insurance, up from $2,001 in 2005, according to recent analysis fromAon Hewitt. Because they are looking for solutions to high costs, companies are changing … Continue reading →

Protesters disrupted holiday gift shopping in downtown Chicago on Friday, marching up and down the city’s “Magnificent Mile” retail district, in the largest and most concentrated demonstration since the release of a video late Tuesday showing the shooting death of a black … Continue reading →