Tick Tock
The clock’s ticking, time is running out . . .
The Atlantic
Goodbye to All That: Why Obama Matters: Barack Obama may be imperfect, “often tired, sometimes crabby, intermittently solipsistic, he’s a surprisingly uneven campaigner.” But he’s the candidate for the future, the only one free of the baggage of past decades.
Economist
Egypt: Will the dam burst?: “Given rising resentment against the government and a generation-long resurgence of religious feeling, and given the simple fact that Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s president of hte past 27 years, is now 80 years old with no clear successor, it takes little imagination to conjure up an Islamic dynastic upheaval . . . .”
New York Magazine
The End: New York publishing giants may be facing their demise, and they haven’t a clue what to do about it.
Energy Bulletin
The dress rehearsal is over: The fall in oil demand gives the world a moment to catch its breath before the inevitable price-ratcheting process starts up again.
Inadequacies
Words, and pictures, are never enough, but sometimes they’re all we have. Same goes for offshore oil and peer influences.
Concerns Beyond Just Where the Wild Things Are
New York Times, Patricia Cohen
Maurice Sendak discusses his perceived inadequacies as an artist. This, from the man who wrote and designed Where the Wild Things Are, one of the most wildly popular illustrated books of all time.
saber rattling
On the seventh anniversary of September 11, threats abound between nations, in nature, and the world of finance.
Palin’s Dangerous Saber Rattling
The Huffington Post
Ilan Goldenburg, policy director of the National Security Network, explains why it was imprudent of Sarah Palin to advocate invasion of Russia by the United States, given a history of painstaking diplomacy between the two countries. Her statements were made during an interview with Charles Gibson for ABC News.
Putin Warns West Against Starting Arms Race
International Herald Tribune
Russia’s Vladimir Putin warns Western nations that setting up a missile defense in Europe may provoke an unnecessary arms race, reserving his harshest criticism for the US and Britain.
Bush Said to Give Orders Allowing Raids in Pakistan
