Weekly Perspective

For this month-end edition of "Notations" Our team chose this interview w/the recently elected Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahatir Mohammad who is now the World's Oldest Prime Minister as he lays out the challenges as he begins his term--an insightful lesson in leadership.

Election season in California is in full force and our friends at the Nooner just released this earlier today to provide updated guidance as the Election Campaign continues--people are voting already as our home state holds its primary on June 5. As our team analyzed the data, it is interesting how the Republicans continue to suffer in California: From PDI (as reported by counties at the end of the day yesterday-- district results with demographics here ): BALLOTS MAILED: 11,547,095 BALLOTS RETURNED: 1,404,822 Statewide: Dems: 622,438  / Reps: 475,595  / NPP: 245,892 / Others: 60,897 Ethnic (percentages are share of ballots mailed out and those received by county election offices. Of course, no ballots are counted until  8pm   Tuesday  night.): African-American: Mailed: 3%, Returned: 2% Asian: Mailed: 12%, Returned :11% Latino: Mailed: 23%, Returned: 12% White/Other: Mailed: 62%, Returned: 73% The numbers are also likely a bit distorted by the Voters' Choice Act. Under the Act, fiv

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I am sure you may have the answer to this and since you have the answer, you may want to move on to another article. Okay, there are the simple narratives that perhaps may be dismissed so fast and digested ones. It is your pick. Don't consider: Golan Heights are resource with water that can serve Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Syria. The fact that Iran is supporting the Syrian Gov't. The fact that neorealist/neoliberalist  commonsense compel the powers that be to work with a legitimate state than rebels who are fighting against it The fact that this is a proxy war between USA and Russia But, let us just remain simplistic and trace the history: Syria is part of the Middle East and is bordered by Turkey in the North; Jordan is in the South; Mediterranean Sea is on her west; and Iraq is on the East with a population of about 18.0 million. 75.0% are Sunni and 13.0% are Shia. The current President Assad, belongs to a subgroup of Alawi Shia (World Population Review website). Ghout

On this Memorial Day 2018, our Editor passed this on to us he received from the Executive Director and  Dean of Students Affairs at Walden University where he is doing Post-Graduate Work in Public Policy during our Weekly Review.  We are pleased to feature this on Memorial Day Week-End is before Us:  On this day, Americans across the nation and citizens located around the world will pause throughout the day to observe Memorial Day. Since its first official observation on May 5, 1868, when it was called Declaration Day, it has been a day of remembrance for those who sacrificed and died in our nation’s service. And while it was originally dedicated to honor Civil War soldiers, we know it today as a celebration in memory of all who have fought and defended our right to freedom. Today, it remains a time of celebration to honor and to respect those who fought to protect the liberties that our Founding Fathers proclaimed with certainty in the Declaration of Independence and that were thought

Former  Director of National Intelligence is out with a new book with some rather explosive comments on Russia and the 2016 Elections.    

The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, spoke at the Heritage Foundation this morning with a broadside against Iran in the aftermath of the President's Decision to withdraw from the Iran Deal threatening major sanctions. We have noted the entire discourse available on the State Department Website here for reference as we will continue to assess the aftermath : MS JAMES:  Good morning. (Applause.) Welcome to the Heritage Foundation. My name is Kay James and I have the honor of being the president here. It is a pleasure and honor to welcome our distinguished guest, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, back to Heritage. Yes, I said back. Some of you may remember that then-Congressman Pompeo spoke here on September 9th, 2015. His presence was appreciated, as his topic was timely. It was entitled “A Pathway Forward: An Alternative to the Flawed Iran Nuclear Deal.” And now we have the great pleasure of being with our friend in his new role as Secretary of State for the United States of Americ