Macleans on fragile US Economy

Macleans is running an article about the current unsustainable fiscal policy in the US. I originally saw this on Bound By Gravity. He’s asking for some comment from any economists or others with a different point of view. Please go visit if you’d like to comment. Udpated 2 times You may look at that headline …

Interview with Syrian President Assad

Syria Comment has posted the translation of an Interview with President Assad of Syria. Some interesting quotes: Those who expect Ukraine in the country of Cedars is under an illusion. You see, Lebanon is complex, one has to know how to interpret it. It is a society that, to many respects, is tribal, divided in …

More on Lebanon and Syrias crisis

A continuation of yesterdays thread… which now has 7 Updates. Please read them all! I just came across this article at the Daily Star (a Lebanese newspaper) It’s very very interesting, some things I was not aware of: Unlike the U.S., France is not seeking Assad’s overthrow, only the reform of his government. Chirac has …