Friday, July 27, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- July 27, 2012



London Struts on the World Stage -- Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky, New York Times

IT’S been a summer of spectacle in London, from the celebrations of the queen’s Diamond Jubilee to the ambitiously named World Shakespeare Festival, and now the grandest show of them all, the 2012 Summer Olympics, which will formally begin tonight with an extravagant opening ceremony orchestrated by the film director Danny Boyle.


Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

The IOC Didn’t Do Israel a Favor -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary

Brief History of Aleppo: A Great World City Now in the Grip of War -- Ishaan Tharoor, Time

U.S. hasn’t won the trust of Syrian rebels -- Jill Dougherty, CNN

Do Jordanians want reform or revolution?
-- Mehdi Hasan, Al Jazeera

Behind dispute over military service, two very different views of Israel -- Sheera Frenkel, McClatchy News

North Korea's Extreme Makeover -- Blaine Harden, Foreign Policy

Forgive Us Our Debts: Spain looks north for a bailout. -- Christopher Caldwell, Weekly Standard

Eurozone crisis: will Spain's youth exodus weaken economy?
-- Andrés Cala, Christian Science Monitor

Facing election, Hugo Chávez ruthlessly consolidates his power -- Washington Post editorial

Mitt Romney: Why he’s going where he’s going -- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post

British Press Pile On Romney -- Alana Goodman, Commentary

How to feed a growing, changing planet -- Evan Fraser, Ottawa Citizen

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