Today’s jobs report shows an economy that’s still moving in the right direction but way too slowly, which is why Washington’s continuing obsession with the federal budget deficit is insane. Jobs and growth must come first. The cost of borrowing is so low — the yield on the ten-year Treasury is near historic lows — [...]
US Job Numbers Show Why Job-Creation Must Take Precedence Over Deficit Reduction – OpEd
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End The War On Terror And Save Billions – OpEd
Fareed Zacharia writes: As we debate whether the two parties can ever come together and get things done, here’s something President Obama could probably do by himself that would be a signal accomplishment of his presidency: End the war on terror. Or, more realistically, start planning and preparing the country for phasing it out. For [...]
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Syria: Chemical Weapons And Jabhat Al-Nusra – OpEd
A number of journalists have asked me if I believe Assad is likely to use chemical weapons. Here is the way I think about it: Assad is unlikely to use chemical weapons at this time. He must know that as soon as he uses them, he will have written his death warrant. I do not [...]
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Extremism Threatens Tunisia Schools
By Houda Trabelsi Education professionals and parents are increasingly concerned about illegal kindergartens, private schools and Qur’anic schools in Tunisia. A video titled “Dedication from Children of Unification in Tunisia to Mullah Omar” recently spread on social networking websites, sparking a broad controversy. Children at one religious school were heard repeating words dictated by a [...]
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Israel/Gaza: Israeli Airstrike On Home Unlawful, Says HRW
An Israeli airstrike that killed 12 civilians – the largest number of civilians killed in a single attack during the Gaza fighting in November – was a clear violation of the laws of war. On November 18, 2012, Israeli forces dropped what appears to have been a large aerial bomb on the three-story home of [...]
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Landmine Ban: Poland Final EU Member To Join
Poland’s announcement on December 5, 2012, that it is about to ratify the international treaty prohibiting landmines means that all 27 European Union countries have banned these unlawful weapons, Human Rights Watch said today. During the 12th annual meeting of the Mine Ban Treaty, which ended in Geneva today, the United States announced that it [...]
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Macedonia Measures Stimulate Birthrate
By Goran Trajkov Macedonia has long been negatively impacted by declining birthrates, but recent government measures offering financial assistance to aspiring parents may stem the tide, experts said. The measures, which are guided by Macedonia’s National Strategy for Demographic Development 2008-2015, include awareness-raising campaigns, parental allowance, child support and assistance for children with special needs. [...]
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US Intelligence: Redundancy Increases As Budget Pressure Mounts – OpEd
With a $16 trillion debt that is growing in yearly increments of more than $1 trillion (the annual budget deficit), the country facing future fiscal Armageddon, and talk of defense budget cuts, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is upping its game in collecting covert human intelligence—a field that has heretofore been dominated by the CIA. [...]
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Van Rompuy Fleshes Out Plans For Two-Tier Europe, Eurozone Budget
(EurActiv) — Ahead of an EU summit next week, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has tabled proposals to deepen the Economic and Monetary Union, fleshing out plans for a two-tier Europe with the eurozone at its core. The Van Rompuy paper,“Towards a genuine Economic and Monetary Union”, will certainly provoke an animated debate at [...]
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Obama 2.0: Who Will Crash The Party? – Analysis
By Samir Saran and Dr. John C. Hulsman Second term presidencies, like second marriages, can be seen as the triumph of hope over experience. George W. Bush met with calamity in Iraq, Bill Clinton was impeached over the Lewinsky scandal, Ronald Reagan suffered through Iran-Contra, Richard Nixon perpetrated Watergate and resigned, and LBJ was engulfed [...]
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Hungarian Deputy PM Suspected Of Plagiarizing Thesis
Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen plagiarized much of his sociology thesis, a university said on Friday, Dec 7, according to Reuters. It is the second plagiarism scandal involving Hungarian politicians this year. In April President Pal Schmitt resigned after a university stripped him of his sports doctorate for copying chunks of his thesis without [...]
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Dutch Government Agrees To Send Patriot Missile Systems To Turkey
The Dutch government has agreed to send two Patriot missile systems to Turkey after Ankara asked NATO for assistance in defending its border with Syria, the Dutch foreign minister said Friday, Dec 7, according to Reuters. A maximum of 360 personnel will accompany the two surface-to-air missile batteries. It has not yet been decided where [...]
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Protesters In Egyptian Industrial Capital Eject City Boss, Announce Independence
Anti-government protesters in Mahalla, Egypt’s largest industrial city, have reportedly taken over the local city council and announced their autonomy from the state ruled by the Muslim Brotherhood. Protesters threw the head of their city council out of the building, announcing they “no longer belong to the Ikhwani state,” the Daily News Egypt reports. Workers [...]
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Gaza Conflict And Role Of Social Media: Dubious Assertions – Analysis
The use of social media during the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas seemed to highlight social media’s revolutionary role. In fact social media’s influence is significantly more limited. By Nathan Cohen IN THE latest bout of fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza only one victor emerged uncontested: social media, and Twitter in particular. [...]
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On Hamas Anniversary, Khaled Meshaal Promises To ‘Continue Resistance’
Exiled Hamas leader, Khaled Meshaal, vowed to continue resistance in his speech at Saturday’s rally marking the 25th anniversary of the Palestinian Islamist group. Over 100,000 Palestinians gathered in the Gaza strip on Saturday afternoon to listen to Meshaal’s speech. The Hamas leader took to the main stage accompanied by his deputy, Mussa Abu Marzouk, [...]
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Italy: Berlusconi Confirms He Will Run For PM Again
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said he will run for PM again in a general election next year, Sky News reported. “I am running to win,” the leader of the right-wing People of Freedom party told journalists near the northern city of Milan. Berlusconi, 76, stepped down in disgrace last year as Italy [...]
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Clinton To Testify In Benghazi Attack Report Hearing
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify in House and Senate hearings on the findings of a probe into the Benghazi consulate attack. Clinton will likely be grilled over foreign security issues and US intelligence on the attack. Although no date has been confirmed for the publication of the report, it is expected to [...]
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Analyst Says Syrian Use Of Chemical Weapons Remains Difficult To Verify – OpEd
By Rob Sachs The U.S. accusation that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is preparing to use chemical weapons to suppress his country’s 20-month conflict has drawn comparison to U.S. claims of weapons of mass destruction before the 2003 invasion of Iraq. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said publicly that the use of these weapons [...]
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The Roundabout Road Back To Tahrir – OpEd
By Farrah Hassen It’s not even a square—it’s really more of a roundabout. And in person, Tahrir Square appears dramatically smaller than the sweeping images broadcast across the globe documenting the unprecedented demonstrations that toppled the seemingly unshakeable Mubarak regime. Since then, aside from functioning as a traffic chokepoint and a tourist attraction, Tahrir Square [...]
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Meet The Egyptians Fighting Interfaith Tensions – OpEd
By Magdy Aziz Tobia Despite the state of uncertainty that encircles the future relation between Copts and Muslims, exemplified by the withdrawal of church representatives from the Constituent Assembly on 16 November, current collaboration between Egyptian Muslims and Copts provides reasons to be optimistic about the future of co-existence in Egypt. Perhaps the most notable [...]
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