Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke on Wednesday at the Bundestag, the German Parliament, in Berlin. Odd Andersen/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesEuro Armageddon Is Approaching, But It's Too Boring And Complicated To Explain -- Daniel Knowles, The Telegraph
There's a good reason no one makes disaster movies about financial crises. In disaster movies, there is always a solution which a crack team of miners/scientists/politicians can get to work on, just as soon as one boffin has explained it. The obstacles are horrendous, but they're simple (we have to get past that yeti, etc). The tension builds as the final battle approaches, and it then it arrives, easy to understand. And everyone knows when the battle is won: the enemy is defeated and the heroes share a laugh.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
From Arab Spring to Islamist Winter -- Washington Times editorial
As Tunisia Counts its Votes, Can the West Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Islamists? -- Tony Karon, Time
Why Tunisians Voted for the Islamists -- Mathieu von Rohr, Spiegel Online
Can Islamists share power with secularists? Tunisia is about to find out. -- Elizabeth Dickinson, Christian Science Monitor
As Putin rises again, will the US-Russia 'reset' of ties hold? -- Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor
Did Obama engage as U.S.-Iraqi troop talks faltered? -- Roy Gutman, Miami Herald/McClatchy News
Why won’t Europeans just do it? -- Phil Levy, Foreign Policy
Did Moammar Gadhafi Die The Richest Man In The World? -- Edwin Durgy, Forbes