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.
