Daily Archives: November 24, 2015


Paris and the Fall of Rome by Niall Ferguson

People lit candles Sunday at a makeshift memorial at the Place de la Republique in tribute to the victims of Friday’s attacks in Paris. People lit candles Sunday at a makeshift memorial at the Place de la Republique in tribute to the victims of Friday’s attacks in Paris. By Niall Ferguson November 16, 2015 I am not going to repeat what you have already read or heard. I […]


Niall Ferguson on the National Debt

  Niall Ferguson: The Shutdown Is a Sideshow. Debt Is the Threat   In the words of a veteran investor, watching the U.S. bond market today is like sitting in a packed theater and smelling smoke. You look around for signs of other nervous sniffers. But everyone else seems oblivious. Yes, the federal government shut down this week. Yes, we are just two weeks away from the point […]


ZIONISM IS NOT RACISM – CHAIM HERZOG

 Zionism is not racism: A speech 40 years ago www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Zionism-is-not-racism-A-speech-40-years-ago-432506     Politics And Diplomacy By CHAIM HERZOG \ speech to the United Nations in 1975. Then-Ambassador Chaim Herzog speaking to the United Nations in 1975. (photo credit:HERZOG FAMILY FOUNDATION) On Wednesday, a special event at the United Nations will mark 40 years since the historic speech by Israel’s then president, Chaim Herzog, in which he repudiated UN […]