Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- December 27, 2012
The Fiscal Cliff's Greatest Threat Is to American Unity -- National Journal
The fiscal cliff was an opportunity to push off partisanship. But, following incentives, legislators only increased it.
The real issue in the frantic final flailing over the fiscal cliff isn’t whether Washington can balance its books. It’s whether blue America and red America are capable of, or even interested in, mediating their differences. The evidence is growing more discouraging.
Across almost every front, the process of pulling apart that has reshaped the political landscape over the past generation appears to be accelerating.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
In 2013, possibilities for stability from Somalia to South China Sea -- Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor
Lebanon’s year of living dangerously -- Michael Young, The Daily Star
Spinoff: The Syrian Crisis and the Future of Iraq -- Henri J. Barkey, American Interest
Iranian sanctions do little to deter nuclear program -- Anthony Hall/UPI
Iran in 2013: More of the Same -- Chris Devito, Huffington Post
Smugglers Galore. How Iran arms its allies. -- Lee Smith, Weekly Standard
China Survives a Big Year -- Noah Feldman, Bloomberg
How 2012 Changed China -- Benjamin Carlson, Global Post
French Voters Get Bankruptcy For Social Security -- IBD Editorial
Euro crisis may lead to ‘explosion of violence’ -- Darrell Delamaide, Market Watch
The Year the Dreams Died: The year 2012 saw the triumph of cold reality over pie-in-the-sky fantasies. -- Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
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