January 2011
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Arab Young People Push Aging Dictators to the...
Inspired by the social media fueled overthrow of an autocratic regime in Tunisia, young Arabs in Egypt and Yemen have taken to the streets to urge regime change in their countries. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/world/middleeast/27opposition.html?hpw These spontaneous uprisings are not fed by Islamic militancy, but by the basic demand for human rights and opportunities in stagnant, corrupt...
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The Lost Generation
This New York Times feature article highlights the absence of life prospects for young people in Europe. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/world/europe/02youth.html?_r=1&ref=global-home In southern Europe, official unemployment rates for people in their twenties is 40%, even worse than in the US. Almost half of 30 year olds in Italy and Spain are living with their parents, and will be...
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Let Them Eat Cake, Part II
The new Governor of Florida, Rick Scott, is touted as a health care expert, from his 1990’s creation (through a lot of financial “rolling up”) of a $20 billion private hospital colossus, Columbia HCA. He faces a $3.5 billion budget deficit in Florida, and plans to fix it by reforming its Medicaid program.
Scott’s solution (and, as Floridian Dave Barry would say, ...