Fed’s Yellen gets medical attention after struggling with speech

That’s not good. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen received medical attention on Thursday after coughing, pausing and struggling to finish a speech in which she said the U.S. central bank was on track to raise interest rates this year for the first time in nearly a decade. This is up there with that time PresidentContinue reading “Fed’s Yellen gets medical attention after struggling with speech”

On China and its maritime ambitions

“I’m not sure this administration would recognize provocation if it were slapped in the face.” – Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), in reference to China’s recent provocative cruise through the Bering Sea. “I agree that the South China Sea is no more China’s than the Gulf of Mexico is Mexico’s” – Adm. Harry Harris, Jr., commander of U.S.Continue reading “On China and its maritime ambitions”