THR 3 December News Articles and Opinion

Here are the items that are of interest to me:

Top Ten All But Unheard News Reports of 2009

From Foreign Policy:

1) Opening of the Northwest Passage
2) Looming War in Iraq between Arabs and Kurds
3) Greater Communication between China and India
4) Another more harsher housing bubble bursts in 2010
5) Failures in Iraq and Afghanistan
6) Brazil and China cozying up militarily
7) Serious security issues with US Passports process
8) Chechen government committing murder globally
9) US military participation in Ugandan Civil War
10) College education specifically for Spies

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/30/the_top_10_stories_you_missed_in_2009?page=0,0

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The Eternal Intra-American Conflict

I largely agree with the conclusions in this article.

http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=fed_up_with_federalism

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James Hansen on Cap-and-Trade

Cap-and-Trade is a very bad policy idea and should never see the light of day. The enactment of it dooms Earth to incredible deadly global warming and climate change beyond imagination and in a much faster period of time than has speculated and projected.

http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/2009/12/worlds-leading-global-warming-crusader.html

America Has Been in Collapse since Early 1970s

The information and statistics bear out what I have fully known: we have been going downhill for over 35 years, and what increases and maintenance in the standard of living and quality of life have been due to deficit spending, overuse and misuse of credit, and, most critically, the full fledged participation of women, namely mothers, into the working world which has had devastating consequences for the family, community, and society.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-warren/america-without-a-middle_b_377829.html

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