I suggest that in general the World Economic Forum's rankings are questionable, putting it in the most favorable light. In some cases, it is better to ignore their results. I did find one comparison that made sense and whose results are interesting...
The president just concluded a frenzied “jobs” bus tour to explain why unemployment is at 9.1% — after borrowing nearly $5 trillion in stimulus the last three years. You know the usual suspects responsible for our, not his, malaise...
According to the Congressional Budget Office, we now have a deal to reduce the deficit by at least $2.1 trillion over 10 years, with a down payment of $917 billion in spending cuts and at least $1.2 trillion in additional deficit reduction through fiscal year 2021...
Thirty-two percent of U.S. students in the class of 2011 were proficient in mathematics when they were in 8th grade, according to the official U. S. report card on student achievement...
While Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reportedly ponder entering the Republican presidential field, let’s look at their fence-sitting from another perspective: How long can they keep us in suspense...?
A battle royal between the president and the supreme leader has engulfed Tehran. The result? Khamenei and his allies are methodically and ruthlessly establishing the planet’s most unabashed theocratic despotism...
