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Global Markets
, and its even faultier manipulation of U.S. energy markets." When President Obama unveiled his financial regulatory overhaul plan last week there was much hope that there would be tougher reforms. To the chagrin of many, the CFTC dodged a bullet. Lacking power, the agency has only gently regulated the futures markets, products favored by hedge funds, which have been blamed for wreaking havoc on the global economy. Rather than abolish the agency, however, the Obama administration proposed strengthening its regulatory capabilities instead of preferably merging it with the SEC because regulators could not solve parochial...
ChildrenHappy Independence Day
Today we Americans gather and celebrate as a nation, our independence our freedom, taking pride in our country and our history....
RussiaPutin's Pro-Natalism Miscarries
Almost exactly a year ago, one lucky Russian family received a free brand new SUV from the government. What had they...
Global Film ReviewHearts and Minds (1974)
Why did we go to Vietnam? What did we do there? And what did going there do to us? Those are the questions asked by “Hearts...
Climate ChangeImpacts
I want to flag four important major reports on the impacts from climate change. Three of these came out in June, the third...
Rising PowersBRICs in Africa
Demonstrating their global reach, Brazil, Russia, India and China are improving ties with Africa. The BRICs are looking...
IsraelBolten: Call for an Israeli Strike on Iran
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolten intensified the call for an Israeli strike on Iran in an editorial...
Army Draft Dodging
As a follow-up to yesterday's post, another Israeli citizen received notice from the IDF to report immediately to military...
AfricaSouth Africa Diary #4
Amazingly enough, my hotel in Cape Town has had virtually no internet connectivity for three days. It is both liberating...
Carbonomics: The Economics of Cap & Trade
Americans are a stubborn lot. We resist change and even the most minor of inconveniences. And I suspect under the newly...
CubaLabor system overhaul into effect
More from the BBC on the Cuban economy and the continuing austerity measures, which are apparently successfully cutting energy...
The ArcticA Thaw in Arctic Relations?
Russia has announced that it is seeking to improve relations in the Arctic, especially with Canada. It seems that the Kremlin...
America in TransitionThe First Casualty
By now the Iranian government has released all but one of the Iranian employees of the British Embassy in Teheran who had...
European UnionHow hope and fear define Americans & Europeans
Is Europe suffering from a hope-defict? Dominique Moisi a visiting professor at Harvard thinks so and he outlines (in the...
War CrimesDelayed Again: CIA Interrogation Report
The re-release of a May 2004 internal CIA report on the agency’s secret detention and interrogation program was again delayed...
Two Primers for the President
Margaret Warner (The News Hour) is doing a good job of setting the scene for President Obama's visit to Russia next week. ...
Middle EastAl Qaeda (North African chapter) responds...
And, unsurprisingly, they are not pleased. Even more unsuprisingly, it is not Al Qaeda in Iraq or Al Qaeda from a cave in...
When Citizen Obligations Clash with Careers
Israel mandates 3 years military service for males (and 2 years for women) from all its citizens starting at the age...