29 August 2015   My father, a New York financier, used to call dubious stocks or bonds,  “Chinese paper.”   Last week, we saw a blizzard of  Chinese paper, both in China and around the world.  As manager of a sizeable investment portfolio (an unwelcome second job from my main work, […]


 May 23, 2015   As tensions in the South China Sea between the US and China continue to rise, the US Navy and Air Force are quietly gearing up to fight a war in the disputed region. If necessary, that is.  Both sides say they don’t want any military confrontation […]


May 16, 2015                                                                                             Happiness is having your very own Submarine-launched ballistic missile.                                                                                                  This week, North Korea’s dynastic leader, Kim Jong-un, was beaming from ear to ear as a Pukgeukseong-1 missile shot out of the water, apparently launched by a new “Sinpo” class […]