Seeing the long awaited release of Sergeant Gilad Shalit is truly a positive development for a region wrought with constant turmoil. It has been five years since Shalit was kidnapped by Hamas and imprisoned in Gaza without any contact with family, friends, or the Red Cross. Both the Israeli government and Hamas have deemed the … Continue reading
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Lawlessness and OWS
One aspect that always intrigued me about the Occupy crowd is: how is setting up tents in public and private places legal? The short answer is: it is not. At least it was not when the movement first started, I do not know if any of them had permits before starting to setup tents, but … Continue reading
Reshaping the European Project
With the Eurozone at the center of the global financial crisis, the future of the continent hangs in the balance. Beyond its efforts to save a faltering Greece, EU leaders are at a crossroads as debates about a two-tier system will only intensity Europe’s paranoia’s and its role in the world. In many cases, … Continue reading
Mauro Vieira and Brazil-US Relations
The Brazilian Ambassador to the United States, Mauro Vieira, spoke today at the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University on US-Brazil Relations. As it is traditional for academic talks given by Brazilian representatives in the United States, they initiate pointing out the anecdote that the US was the first country to … Continue reading
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New CDC Statistics
By Conor O’Malley I made a visual for some of the interesting statistics that the CDC provided in their “Vital Signs” report (http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/Issues.html). Theres more information provided in the actual report, which I suggest everyone read. However, until then, please enjoy! Click on the picture to enlarge. Continue reading
The Return of Putin: A Failure of the Reset?
Tuesday at the Heritage Foundation an all-day event was held which featured several prominent officials, activists and scholars, most notably Speaker Boehner and chess grandmaster/leader of the dissident group “Other Russia,” Gary Kasparov. Most speakers had been skeptical of the reset since its inception, seeing it as a negotiation from weakness and a consigning of … Continue reading
Health Care Culture and Costs
By Ryan Holland At a recent seminar at GWU, Joseph Damore of Premier Consulting Solutions spoke about Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). During his presentation he pulled up a chart of average health care costs by U.S. city. The mean cost was around $7,500 per person, but ranged from $5,000 (Honolulu), to $16,000 (Miami). These prices … Continue reading
The Mess in Belarus
In the fairy tale world of Belarusian President Lukashenko, the answer to his falling popularity leading up to the December 2010 elections was simple: an across the board 50 percent salary increase for all public employees. Given the fact that a full eighty percent of the Belarusian economy is state owned, one can imagine the … Continue reading
Happy Endings’ Secret from the Limo
Adam Pally on WhoSay This week’s episode of Happy Endings got an interesting note on one of the many blogs of the Center for American Progress. It comments on short sentences related to the housing crisis and leaves out what I see as being their bigger political commentary of the episode: the vision boards. Elize Coupe’s … Continue reading
Understanding Iran’s Assassination Attempt
Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement of an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi envoy to the United States, Adel al-Jubeir, a key advisor to Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, came as a surprise to many in the U.S. and the international community. The plot itself seems like something out of a movie, full of espionage, secretive … Continue reading
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