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Obama Opts To Delay and Diffuse

09/11/2013 Published on Forbes.com
In Tuesday’s address President Obama didn’t change any minds. And he certainly didn’t offer any answers to the litany of questions from Congressmen, Senators, commentators and everyday Americans that have been posed since the President came out in support of…

The US Must Follow Through On Middle East Aid Commitments

08/05/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Douglas E. Schoen and Joshua Schoen The Arab Israeli peace talks are on the verge of being restarted after three years. This raises questions as to what the United States’ broader strategic interests are and what role Middle Eastern states…

Egypt Highlights The United States’ Impotence

07/05/2013 Published on Forbes.com
The situation in Egypt highlights the quandary the United States also finds itself in in Syria and, to put it bluntly, our nation’s impotence. To be clear, the quandary is three parted. The first part is the question of whether…

S&P Lawsuit Benefits Obama

02/05/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Somebody needs to be held accountable. That’s the logic behind the DOJ’s nearly $1 billion lawsuit against S&P. Put simply, it has been over four years since the fiscal crisis and no major entity, much less any individual – and…

President Obama Strikes The Right Tone On Gun Control

01/17/2013 Published on Forbes.com
The President did what he needed to do yesterday. He set the right tone for the seriousness of the gun control debate, from having students who had written to him about gun control as a backdrop to neatly bifurcating legislative…

Division In Washington Strikes Again

01/01/2013 Published on Forbes.com
All of this was predictable. In a speech to a trade association six weeks ago, I discussed the partisanship and imbalance that would eventually destroy our political system. I said that I thought it was perfectly reasonable to assume that…

A Successful Election For Mike Bloomberg And Forces For Moderation And Bipartisanship

11/07/2012 Published on Forbes.com
Move up http://i.forbesimg.com tMove down Snapshot: Michael Bloomberg Follow Following Unfollow #10 Forbes 400 Voters Reject Divisive GOP Strategy. Can Obama And The House Deliver The Compromises The Electorate Wants? Doug Schoen Contributor Billionaire Michael Bloomberg had a good election…

No Knockout Punch In Foreign Policy Debate

10/23/2012 Published on Forbes.com
Tonight’s debate was comparable to last week’s town hall – neither candidate managed to deliver a convincing win like Romney in the first debate, but Obama finished with a slight edge. Judging by the first fifteen minutes of the debate,…

The Other Davos

10/17/2012 Published on Forbes.com
When the One Young World conference begins tomorrow, Pittsburgh will play host to the largest international gathering other than the Olympics or the United Nations — with emerging leaders from nearly 200 countries sharing ideas about global solutions. This event…

A Narrow Win For Romney

10/04/2012 Published on Forbes.com
Tonight’s presidential debate lived up to the hype. It was clear that Romney was well prepared, showing America a lively and focused side that we have yet to see thus far in the campaign. And although we saw Obama win…