What does Trump and Brexit mean altogether for international trade? 2016 has been an eventful year and it is likely to go down the annals as the year that the trade map of the world was redrawn. The Brexit vote in June is a shocking vote that saw the United Kingdom voting to leave the […]
Climate South Initiative a chance for Africa to unite on climate change
For the past three years, the New York Forum AFRICA has convened in Libreville, Gabon, in early summer. The summit brings together political, economic and social leaders from across the continent to brainstorm solutions, hatch progressive deals and discuss best practices for economic development. NYFA was established as a response to Africa’s explosive growth and […]
How to Avoid Consumer Fraud
There are a lot of people out there who do nothing else but devise ways to extract money from you illegally. These people are fraudsters, con artists on a mission. And that mission is to trick you into doing something that will separate you from your money. Consumer fraud is a huge issue, one that […]
Sanford charged with 37 violations of South Carolina law
By Dan McCue South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has been charged with 37 counts of using his public office for personal gain by the state Ethics Commission. The charges range from using campaign funds to pay for a hunting junket in Ireland to apparently flying halfway across South Carolina on a state plane to get […]
George W. Bush’s Legacy, A Possible Pandora’s Box
In his final year as being United States President, George W. Bush is a president with dual legacies. Ed Henry, CNN’s White House correspondent explains that he was struck at how it’s a mixed back for the president in regards to three key issues: relationship with the Democratic congress, wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan, […]
PETER WING’S DREAM CASTLE
PETER WING’S NEVERENDING (Recycled) DREAM CASTLE By Warren D. Jorgensen In 1968, Peter Wing brought Toni Simoncelli to the meadow overlooking his family’s 157-acre, century-old family farm and proposed to her. "He said," she remembers, "that he was going to build me a castle, and put me in it." "I did not." He says, lamely. […]