Following the Thanksgiving weekend, the US is experiencing a spike in daily recorded COVID-19 cases well above the summer’s previous highs. Hospitals and medical facilities are once again showing signs of extreme strain. …

Millions of Americans awoke today knowing only what they knew before: that the nation is fractured down the middle, the 2020 election is the most contentious in their lifetimes, and the process is likely to drag on for days if not weeks before we see an outcome. Not since the…

It has been called the most contentious and controversial US presidential election ever. The nation never seemed more divided. Throughout the campaign, the Democrats called the Republican candidate everything from a liar, to a madman, a cheat, a traitor, an enemy of America, and a would-be tyrant. Firing back, the…

For economists, tales of hyperinflations are the academic equivalent of a reading of the Apocalypse in the book of Revelation. They are for the monetarily-minded a campfire story of the horrible wraith beyond the woods, or the morbid fascination of an automobile crash from which one cannot turn away. …

“Winter is Coming” is a widely recognized phrase from the popular TV show Game of Thrones. …

When Shakespeare had King Henry IV sleeplessly mutter, “ Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown,” the Bard was speaking a human truth that resonates across centuries and cultures to anyone in leadership whose responsibilities entail decisions that affect human lives. Today, around the world, national, regional and local…