How many American think tanks are run by women?
from FP Passport by Blake Hounshell
Wealth disparity in America: an inch of bar-graph for the 90%, 4.9 miles’ worth for the top 0.01%
Cairo and Washington engage in ?twitter war?
from Hurriyet Daily News
A row erupted between Cairo and Washington after the US Embassy in Cairo tweets a link to a monologue
Cheap Drones Made in China Could Arm U.S. Foes
from Mashable! by TechNewsDaily
Does America have a global sport?
from FP Passport by Elias Groll
Obama Shows Talent for Arm-Twisting, and Raises Hopes on Peace Effort
from NYT > Turkey by By MARK LANDLER
After helping heal a rift between Israel and Turkey, analysts wonder whether President Obama will bring the same doggedness and personal involvement to pursuing peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
Here?s the Star Trek parody clip that the IRS spent $60,000 of US taxpayer money to shoot
from The Next Web by Alex Wilhelm
Checklist: Obama returns to the Middle East
from AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH)
On his first presidential visit to the region since 2009 Cairo speech, we evaluate US progress on key policy pledges.
Dems to Obama: Be more transparent about drones, kill lists. Obama: Nope.
from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin
America’s 3 Biggest Cybersecurity Vunerabilities
from Mashable! by National Journal
New Pope Fails to Beat Obama’s Twitter Record
from Mashable! by Chris Taylor
The Republican Party Is Hiring a Chief Technology Officer
from Mashable! by Alex Fitzpatrick
Viral Video Shows the Extent of U.S. Wealth Inequality
from Mashable! by Charlie White
Spending cuts endanger Obama?s new term agenda
from Hurriyet Daily News
Just hours after across-the-board spending cuts officially took effect, U.S. President.
Does Congress know who it’s calling an ‘American hero’?
from FP Passport by John Hudson
47% of Americans don’t believe the U.S. is the world’s top military power
from FP Passport by Joshua Keating
Kerry says the greatest challenge to US foreign policy is the Congress
from Hurriyet Daily News
Secretary of State John Kerry warned Wednesday against “senseless” spending cuts to diplomacy
The risks and rewards of Obama’s drone policy
from Hurriyet Daily News
Between winding down wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and overseeing the killing.
10 Social Media Moments That Shaped the Gun Control Debate
from MediaShift
During his 2013 State of the Union speech, President Obama touched on an issue very close to American hearts when he brought up gun control.
Social Media’s Dual Roles in the Gun Debate: Discourse, Advocacy
from MediaShift
As she made her way into a Wilmington, Del., courthouse last week, attorney Jennifer Lublinski saw a man pull out a .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol and start firing. The man, Thomas Matusiewicz, turned the gun on his former daughter-in-law and her friend, then shot two police officers before finally pointing the gun at his own head and pulling the trigger. The whole event lasted just a few minutes but left Matusiewicz and two women dead on the courthouse floor. The two officers took direct hits to their bulletproof vests and survived.
Obama and the Middle East: the lessons of Iraq?
from open Democracy News Analysis – by Fawaz A Gerges
Why has the Obama administration been reluctant to intervene directly in the raging Syrian conflict, or even to arm the rebels? Why did the US president refuse to take ownership of the NATO mission in Libya, failing to engage in Tunisia and Egypt? What makes sense of Obama?s strategy towards the greater Middle East?
JOHN WILCOCK: Four Significant Events in the U.S. Counterculture, 1958 & 1959
by Ethan Persoff and Scott Marshall
From an ongoing interview and biography of John Wilcock, a prolific editor and publisher of 1960’s underground newspapers. Visit John’s website for a very entertaining weekly column of news and commentary.