1. Tanks rolled out into the streets of Cairo on Wednesday to quell violence between supporters of Egypt’s ruling Muslim Brotherhood and its secular opponents. Nine administration officials have resigned in protest of President Morsi’s suspension of judiciary powers and his handling of the protests. 2. Public debate about our economy has focused on public deficits, taxes, [...]

  1. Yesterday Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner presented a proposal to end the fiscal cliff, and it’s probably not going to make Republicans very happy. 2. A large majority of UN General Assembly members voted in favor of a Palestinian Authority bid for Palestinian statehood. 3. Strikes sprang up outside dozens of New York City fast food restaurants to much [...]

Now that the election season is over, two words are making headlines and crossing the lips of pundits and politicians more than any others: “fiscal cliff.” It’s almost December, and that means that in a little over a month, unless Congress can agree on a new deficit reduction plan, a package of major tax hikes [...]

1. Violence continues this week in the Gaza Strip, with fears rising on both sides that this will be an especially long and bloody conflict. Are the Israeli Defense Forces preparing for a ground invasion of Gaza? 2. The famous college dropout Bill Gates is urging us college students to stay in school, and raising awareness about our country’s [...]

1. President Obama won reelection on Tuesday. Will he govern more progressively now that he doesn’t have to worry about another campaign? 2. A German take on this year’s presidential election, and what some Europeans see as the real winner in all American elections. 3. China’s (soon to be former) President, Hu Jintao acknowledges that continued party corruption is [...]

If anything deserves a moment of reflection after Tuesday’s election, it’s not Obama’s win, but Romney’s loss, and what it will mean for the future of the Republican Party. And if anything surprised you about Tuesday’s election, I hope it wasn’t President Obama’s reelection. Because the polls were clear. Call me crazy, but unlike many [...]