February 13, 2012 ECONOMY: Budget Sets Stage for Year-End Clash http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204062704577219602675759134.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond President Barack Obama’s budget plan, to be released Monday, will serve both as an outline of his re-election campaign message and a blueprint of the White House strategy for another clash looming after the November elections. OPINION: Autopilot is driving US to ruin (Judd … Continue reading
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The Gulf of America?
Somewhere, Hank Hill, the patriotic star of Fox’s King of the Hill, is smiling. If Mississippi State Rep. Steve Holland (Democrat) has his way (and his legislation passes) part of the Gulf of Mexico that borders Mississippi will be renamed the “Gulf of America.” If the bill (HB 150) passes, the renaming would occur on … Continue reading
Venezuela’s Opposition Looking For Its Presidential Candidate
Venezuela’s highly anticipated presidential election does not take place until October 7, but the competition will begin in earnest this weekend. Venezuela’s opposition party is holding its first presidential primary on Sunday, February 12th. This is an important step for the opposition because it will offer them an opportunity to create a more unified movement … Continue reading
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News of the Day: What We’re Reading
Economy Employment Rate For Young Adults Lowest In 60 Years, Study Says http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/09/employment-rate-young-adults_n_1264241.html Just 54 percent of Americans ages 18 to 24 currently have jobs, according to a study released Thursday by the Pew Research Center. That’s the lowest employment rate for this age group since the government began keeping track in 1948 Regulation … Continue reading
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What’s the Solution? Roundtable Discussion has Committee Leaders Asking How to Bring Back “Made in America” to Manufacturing
In yet another installment of the Jobs and Innovation Forum Series, hosted by the Energy and Commerce Committee, House leaders focused on job promotion and creation by discussing the obstacles facing American manufacturers with actual American manufacturers. Some of the non-politicians at the table included Liat Tala, the owner of a denim manufacturing company based … Continue reading
The Accountability of Social Media
Social media instigated major political change in 2011. Most notably the Arab Spring saw governments corrode under the pressure of its citizens who were fed up with years of corruption, poverty and joblessness. Social media sites, Facebook and Twitter, enabled people to quickly learn about the demonstrations, organize and react through massive protests. The accessibility … Continue reading
“Your Ideas, Your NATO” Policy Workshop
The below policy workshop competition was submitted by one of our readers for those interested in NATO policy under age 35. — “Your Ideas, Your NATO” is the newest policy workshop competition from atlantic-community.org, the open think tank on foreign policy. “Your Ideas, Your NATO” is an opportunity for students and young professionals to share … Continue reading
2012 Mexican Presidential Election Primer
Mexico’s three main political parties have selected their respective candidates for the July 1, 2012 presidential contest. The favorite appears to be Enrique Peña Nieto, the former governor of the state of Mexico, from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). The PRI dominated Mexican politics for over 70 years until 2000, when it failed to win … Continue reading
The War Next Door
It is not a surprise for most people to hear that Mexico has a drug problem. International news has covered stories regarding mass murders, kidnappings, and torturing of Mexican citizens, government leaders and military troops in Mexico by numerous drug cartels. While multiple countries are responsible for the supply of the illegal drugs brought into … Continue reading
Whose War Is It Anyway?
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta confused many of America’s NATO allies last week when he said that US forces in Afghanistan would end their combat role in Afghanistan as early as the middle of next year. With American troops not set to fully withdraw until 2014 — the same year as the Afghan presidential elections — and the … Continue reading
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