Author Archives: Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D
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Ex-Im Bank Critics Are Undermining Trump’s Trade Strategy (From Forbes)
March 3, 2017- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D A small band of free-trade zealots is trying to hobble the Export-Import Bank, and in the process making President Trump’s campaign to restore U.S. competitiveness even harder. Ex-Im, as it is often called, is the official export credit agency of [Read More...] -
U.S. Spends Three Times More On Lottery Tickets Than On Equipping Its Army — And It Shows (From Forbes)
March 2, 2017- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D The Romans had a saying that if you want peace, prepare for war. Judging from the way the U.S. funds its Army, Americans are preparing to party. The amount of money that was requested by the Obama administration for equipping [Read More...] -
Trump ‘Historic’ Defense Increase Is Barely Above What Obama Planned — And Faces Similar Obstacles (From Forbes)
February 28, 2017- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D Despite all the hoopla in the media about President Trump proposing big increases in defense spending at the expense of domestic programs, the White House plan announced Monday would only raise Pentagon outlays 3% higher in 2018 than the amount [Read More...] -
As N. Korea Concerns Grow, Here’s How Little U.S. Is Spending To Defend Against A Ballistic Missile Attack (From Forbes)
February 24, 2017- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D The biggest threat to America’s security isn’t terrorism or cyber attacks, it’s the danger a country like North Korea will launch nuclear warheads against the U.S. homeland. One nuclear warhead detonated over a major American city could kill millions. So [Read More...] -
In A Time Of Rising Nationalism, Boeing Becomes The Model Of What An American Company Should Be (From Forbes)
February 21, 2017- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D In the three months since Donald Trump was elected president, no corporate executive has interacted more with him than Boeing Chairman & CEO Dennis Muilenburg. Trump apparently has concluded that the nation’s biggest exporter is a model for how he [Read More...] -
Pentagon Wants To Subsidize A Foreign Company So It Can Service U.S. Spy Satellites (From Forbes)
February 17, 2017- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has hatched a plan for servicing satellites in orbit that seems distinctly out of sync with the priorities of the Trump administration. The project is called “Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites,” and it was [Read More...] -
Army Warns Congress Its Budget Behavior Will Get Soldiers Killed (From Forbes)
February 15, 2017- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D Congress hasn’t managed to complete a federal budget in time for the beginning of the new fiscal year since 1997. The partisan dysfunction that has discredited Capitol Hill in the eyes of many voters is so serious that it threatens [Read More...] -
NASA Space Launch System Opens Pathway To Mars — And Thousands Of Jobs On Earth (From Forbes)
February 9, 2017- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D The companies that supply NASA’s project to one day send astronauts to Mars will be holding their annual conference in the nation’s capital next week. Collectively, they and their federal customer employ over 10,000 workers on the project, the [Read More...] -
Four Reasons President Trump Could Send U.S. Astronauts To Mars (From Forbes)
February 6, 2017- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D President Trump hasn’t named his nominee to run NASA yet, but that agency could end up providing his presidency with its most memorable legacy. Trump has been meeting with SpaceX founder Elon Musk, one of the nation’s foremost proponents of [Read More...] -
How The Mattis Campaign Plan For Fixing America’s Military Will Transform The U.S. Army (From Forbes)
February 3, 2017- Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D Secretary of Defense James Mattis has issued a campaign plan for rebuilding the U.S. military that could be the best thing that has happened to America’s Army since the Reagan years. The plan begins by fixing near-term shortfalls in readiness, [Read More...]