On the Money
Charles Ortel
Charles Ortel became a lapsed member of the silent majority in August 2007 when he began alerting the public to dangers posed by structural changes in the global economy. Since then, Mr. Ortel has appeared in the print, radio and television media with increasing frequency. Brass Tacks will attempt to offer nonpartisan perspective on factors contributing to the unresolved, burgeoning crisis and discuss potential solutions. Mr. Ortel graduated from Horace Mann School, Yale College and Harvard Business School.
ORTEL: Trouble mounts for GM investors, federal government
Gathering to honor our fighting forces and their families, we may not dwell much this Memorial Day on General Motors' humbled circumstances or fear what these portend for America's future.
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If investors cannot realistically hope for more inspired and effective leadership anytime soon, why should they continue to hold onto GE common shares?
SharesORTEL: Why America’s feeble response to Putin Doctrine threatens world order
Before elected officials in Russia last week, President Vladimir Putin expressed a simple doctrine: once a people anywhere vote to affiliate with the Russian Federation, he will swiftly embrace the expressed will of the people.
SharesORTEL: In Ukraine, Putin sets referendum on Western progress
From faculty lounges and think tanks, foreign policy thought leaders explain that Russian President Vladimir Putin's "thuggish" behavior in Ukraine damns him and his country before the civilized world.
SharesORTEL: As the world convulses, America’s greatest danger lies at home from mounting debt
Mired in the first modern depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt opened his inaugural address in 1933 by saying: "This is pre-eminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly."
SharesORTEL: A czar rises in Russia, as Putin humiliates Obama
By Charles Ortel
While Americans fawned over Hollywood stars on Oscar night, Vladimir Putin executed a bold plan to return Ukraine to Russia's fold, defying President Obama, the U.S. and our enfeebled Western alliance.
SharesORTEL: America’s retreat from world leadership heightens risks
With the Olympic flame quenched in Sochi, attention now shifts to other contests where losing participants shed far more than tears of exhaustion.
SharesORTEL: As inflation returns, who bails out the Federal Reserve?
The most important president in America may not be Barack Obama, who chases golfing dreams in drought-stricken California while we pause this holiday to honor giants like Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Reagan.
SharesORTEL: As Leno leaves workforce, youths struggle to enter it
Finally liberated from his NBC job, Jay Leno — an inveterate saver, who turns 64 in April — now can laugh his way into a long, luxurious retirement.
SharesORTEL: We are all ‘wounded warriors’
By Charles Ortel
Last week, steep declines in currency credit and stock market values made for the worst January stocks report since 2010.
SharesORTEL: Selling a fake economic recovery
By Charles Ortel
Beyond Wall Street and Washington, the overwhelming majority of Americans do not buy the story that the nation's economy has been repaired. Both political parties offer tales of progress, but we find ourselves asking, "If this is progress, why does progress feel so wrong?"
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