Government Shutdowns in Political Rearview Mirrors on December 8, 2022The last phase of the US midterm election cycle concluded with yesterday’s results pouring in from the state of Georgia. Even though the control of the United States Senate was not at stake, the run-off election between Incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and football veteran Herschel Walker remained as divisive and decisive as ever. Democrats […]
Retailers or the Price Index on December 1, 2022This week, markets have been all over the place. From protests in China to the rapidly demanding interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, stock markets have seen a dire picture, tumbling more than 500 points, Monday for the Dow Jones Industrial. But are the markets really all that murky? No, they haven’t. October saw […]
Why Trump’s Unorthodox Campaigning Won’t Work This Time? on November 25, 2022Earlier this week, Former President Donald Trump, who incited both a violent mob to raid the US Capitol, and had 4 years of a regressive administration, announced his much anticipated 3rd run for President of the largest democracy in the world. The announcement comes as a show of strength to many in his party-whose nomination […]
Same Pakistan? on November 17, 2022With Q3 numbers in, many of the federal banks are seeing themselves on a trail towards the end of an invisible inflation crisis. With promising job growth in the US, while a relatively successful-though turbulent-price level settlement for the UK, the Global economy is back on track for growth. In Pakistan, the economy is facing […]
The Shattered Red Wave on November 10, 2022The results are in: Democrats and Republicans collectively win a surprising high-stakes election, with the better part of a Majority in the Senate and a too-close-to-call Minority in the House. Going into tonight, Republican Leaders sought a landslide majority, with a tradition of defeating the governing party in the midterms. This prophecy fortunately came out […]
A Test for the Tea Party Movement on November 8, 2022Tomorrow’s election night in America will most certainly be one of the most consequential elections of our lifetimes. From Roe v. Wade to democratic integrity and even the economy, Americans will wake up to a tough decision to make. Democrats are running mostly on an 8% figure of Democracy, against a 40% favourability of economic […]
The DNC’s Policy Worked Before it Flopped on November 2, 2022Who is really in power in the US? The silver lining between “incumbent” and “former,” is now a hazed shadow, while no one dare speaks of the mellow debt ceiling. With President Joe Biden, at a 30 per cent approval rating and the Democrats poised to lose the House of Representatives this coming November, America […]
Tories at a weak point. Again! on October 7, 2022With the Conservative Party Conference underway in Birmingham, the country sees itself at odds with its new Prime Minister, already a bad omen for some seeking to unite the Blue Party, at a divisive time for Downing Street. Tories are at it again; saving the blame game from Labor leaders and taking it upon themselves […]
Trump: A Looming Crisis on September 24, 2022Chomsky put it best when he said “As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, diverted to consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable, then the powerful can do as they please”. There have been many autocratic presidents in many dictatorial nations of the world. Most of them, with an ample geographical distance from the […]
The Blind Eye on August 27, 2022With all the momentum built up for the 2022 Mid-Term Elections in the United States, both parties are taking their opportunities to the campaign, before polls open this November. Given that this was a redistricting year, it was provided by the FEC, that party primaries for candidate nomination, be held between June and August. The […]