Articles by Frans Jager

We are all incredulous spectators to the dismal theatrics playing year after year in Washington D.C., sowing more are more mistrust and disgust in the minds of the American people. But where is the backlash? The public sector of this nation has become an abject failure (in sharp contrast with the private sector, which time and again bails out the global economy, when the rest of the world sputters or regresses). Do we need any proof? * Any day now our national debt will pass the $18 trillion t...

Foreign Affairs Magazine wrote in an editorial for its September/October 2014 edition: “For such a strong, rich, free, and favorably situated country, the United States is remarkably testy and out of sorts these days — and falling far short of its enormous potential.” - Foreign Affairs Magazine That is exactly the conclusion I arrived at. The way I would word it is: America is like the smart kid that is so convinced of its superior talent that it is no longer interested in applying himself to...