Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- February 8, 2011

President Barack Obama, pictured on June 27, on Monday laid out an overarching new US policy on outer space, calling for more international and private sector cooperation on exploration, climate change and orbiting debris. Physorg

Obama's New International Space Satellite Policy Will Limit US Ability To Protect Our Systems -- Rick Moran, American Thinker

To be honest, some of the proposals are long overdue and need international agreement. There are more and more satellites up there and issues like frequency interference, space debris, and other problems associated with the explosion in space technology need to be addressed by the international community.

But as with everything this administration does, they go way beyond reasonable and enter the absurdly optimistic realm of trusting Russia and China to play by the rules without much in the way of verification.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Why Algeria will not go Egypt's way -- Geoff D. Porter, The Daily Star

The Lessons From Tunisia’s Fallen Autocracy -- Joseph E. Stiglitz, Moscow Times

The real 'realism' on Israel -- Jonah Goldberg, L.A. Times

Five reasons why Arab regimes are falling -- Moataz A. Fattah, Christian Science Monitor

The Boogeyman the Kremlin Loves to Hate -- Alexander Golts, Moscow Times

An Ever Closer Union: Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy write a new economic script for the continent. -- Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Policy

Soaring Oil Price Threatens U.S. Economy -- Robert Zubrin, Pajamas Media

Investment in Decline -- Joseph Ashby, American Thinker

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials On The Unrest In Egypt

Whither the Muslim Brotherhood? -- Tariq Ramadan, New York Times
Will Obama's Support for Democracy Extend Beyond Egypt? -- Mitchell Bard, FOX News
"Surprisingly, Protesters Have Lost" -- The Atlantic
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood spurs debate as to its intention -- Corky Siemaszko, New York Daily News
In Egypt, President Obama sides with efforts to limit democratic change -- Washington Post editorial
Foreign Islamists Get Little Support in Egypt -- Wall Street Journal
America's Dangerous 'Bromance' -- IBD Editorial
Why We Can't Rule Out an Egyptian Reign of Terror -- David Bell, Foreign Policy
TIMELINE - Protests in Egypt -- Reuters