During the last week there has been a lot of discussion about the reasons why Barack Obama won such a broad-based and convincing victory over John McCain.

Most of my Republican friends believe that McCain was doomed from the start due to the collapse of the economy and the overwhelming...

For the last 20 years, I have been hearing that we were in the midst of the Greatest Wealth Transfer in History (GWTH). During that period the slogan has remained the same but both the alleged sources and beneficiaries of the wealth have changed several times.

The first time...

Every day I receive four or five emails from my Republican friends to make sure I haven't forgotten what a horrible socialist terrorist liar Barack Obama is and how the Democrats -- who have had essentially no power since 2000 -- are really responsible for everything that's wrong with America.

Just two months ago, I talked with John McCain in Aspen. Since moving to Arizona seven years ago, I have voted for and supported McCain for Senate and always admired his independence and willingness to cross party lines to do the right thing. I asked him why he had suddenly...

I have tried traveling around the world, searching for the solution to the meltdown in the financial system and stocks markets, and I am sad to report that I haven't found it yet.

I was in Hong Kong last week ushering in the Jewish new year with my son Sam...

HONG KONG

Like an impressionist painting, the political and financial mess that is besieging the U.S. seems much clearer from a distance.

I have spent the last week visiting my son here in Hong Kong where interest in our election campaign and economic meltdown are both intense and very personal....

Maybe I'm getting smarter, or maybe I'm just getting old. But more and more I look at what's going on in the world and think the conventional wisdom and behavior is not just wrong, but completely upside down.

That's certainly the way I felt watching Henry Paulson appear before two...

The dizzying ramp-up of lies and distortions coming from the McCain-Palin campaign have left many Obama supporters scratching their heads and wondering what ever happened to journalists.

You remember journalists. They were the reporters and analysts who used to make sure that stories were true before they published or went...

There is a certain ebb and flow to most political campaigns. One candidate or the other develops positive momentum and takes a lead. The other either mounts a comeback or doesn't but these things tend to develop over time. Seldom is there a seismic event that causes an otherwise competitive...

When it comes to Barack Obama, the news media does its job with a vengeance. When Obama goes to Germany and draws a crowd of 200,000 they ask if he's being too presumptuous. When he is the target of non-stop attack ads a few weeks later, they ask if he's...

Smart successful people tend to have strong opinions and the courage and confidence to act on them. But they can differ on how to deal with those who disagree with them or have other opinions.

One approach--the one we see from most politicians today--is to discredit and even demonize those...

I moved to Tucson seven years ago and I have voted for and supported Senator John McCain since I became an Arizona resident. I got to hear and talk with McCain this week for the fourth time. Three of those meetings have been here in Aspen which should tell you...

One of the many criticisms of Barack Obama and the Democrats coming from the McCain campaign and the Bush White House is that they refuse to acknowledge that we are now winning the war in Iraq as a result of The Surge.

The fact that the Republicans...

Reasonable people can disagree about which of George W. Bush's disastrous decisions will prove to have damaged the American people most.

After all, he is the president who decided to invade Iraq for reasons that all proved to be false and then proceeded to mismanage that war horribly. With the...

One of the many outstanding things about leaving Arizona to spend the summer in Aspen is the opportunity to meet, talk to, and learn from the amazing people who come to speak and teach at the Aspen Institute.

Last week was Aspen at its best. On Monday we got to...