US Exceptionalism: How Dare The EU Demand US Companies Pay More Tax!
The most revealing thing about the European Commission’s ruling that Apple should pay Ireland up to €13 billion in back taxes has been the indignant reaction from the US.
The Hot War with Russia Began a While Ago
[ Editor’s Note: Gordon takes us down the Yellow Brick Road of the horrible situation we now find ourselves in, with not major solutions in sight or even under discussion. For those of you suffering from depression you need to take a pill before reading this as it is a long sad story. But few…
World War 3 – Who is Who in the Zoo
Place Your Bets! Soon after he was elected, a representative from the American embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, came on a local news station and proudly declared that Obama was “the ruler of the world!” I thought, “Say what?” And did a double take. This was no Mandela. As internationally popular as Mandela was, he…
Turkey on the Ropes
This has been an amazing week which saw the first clear sign of the collapse of the EU and Turkish President Erdogan presenting his excuses to Russia for the downing of a Russian SU-24 over Syria 7 month ago. While the latter event was largely eclipsed by the former, it might be the sign of…