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August 10, 2012 By Timothy Ashby Leave a Comment

US Must Fund Vocational Training Programs to Deal With Youth Unemployment

US Must Fund Vocational Training Programs to Deal With Youth Unemployment

My daughter will return to the UK – her birthplace – next month to start a 5-year professional degree program in Materials Chemistry at the University of St. Andrews.  Shemade a wise choice.  I believe that college is a bad investment unless your child is majoring in science, technology, engineering or mathematics.  Otherwise they can […]

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July 25, 2012 By Timothy Ashby 1 Comment

Greece is Going – Will Obama Follow?

Greece is Going – Will Obama Follow?

This morning’s New York Times had an authoritative analysis of Greece’s imploding economy.  The article hints that the global financial community is bracing itself for a Greek exit from the euro zone, yet it doesn’t address the implications for the United States, especially for this year’s elections. Greece is going – the only remaining question […]

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March 19, 2012 By Timothy Ashby 1 Comment

No Historical Precedent for Obama/Holder Assassination of US Citizens

No Historical Precedent for Obama/Holder Assassination of US Citizens

Attorney General Eric Holder declared on March 5, 2012 that President Obama can, with impunity, secretly order the assassination or indefinite imprisonment of Americans abroad. According to Holder, President Obama may do this without a shred of evidence, based solely on the CIA or Defense Department’s suspicion the citizens are terrorists or “pose an imminent […]

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February 26, 2012 By Timothy Ashby Leave a Comment

Iran’s Secret Weapon

Iran’s Secret Weapon

Headlines such as “U.S.Sees Iran Attacks as Likely if Israel Strikes,” are a sobering reminder that jumping into a war with Iran could have even more dangerous consequences for us than invading Iraq. My first job after graduate school was with a shadowy company in Washington DC that ostensibly had a “Crisis Management Training” contract with the […]

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February 8, 2012 By Timothy Ashby 3 Comments

Downton Abbey – We Cannot Escape History

Downton Abbey – We Cannot Escape History

The last known World War I veteran has died at the age of 110.  Like the fictional Ladies Edith and Sybil Crawley in Downton Abbey, Florence Green crossed the boundaries of social and cultural convention to

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An international lawyer, businessman and writer, Tim Ashby worked in Washington DC as a counter-terrorism consultant to the U.S. State Department, and then as a senior official at the U.S. Commerce Department. He holds a PhD degree from the University of Southern California, a JD from Seattle University Law School, and an MBA from the University of Edinburgh Scotland. Tim Ashby currently lives in the south of France. Read More

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