Wednesday, June 8, 2011

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

Zombie Spending And US Debt -- Bill Bonner, Christian Science Monitor

Yesterday, stocks continued to slide. The 10-year note yield fell to exactly 3%. Oil traded at $99. And gold rose another $4.

Has the post-crisis bounce finally exhausted itself? It’s beginning to look like it. But you wouldn’t be surprised if this turned out be just another feint to the downside, would you? We’ve seen several. We expected the end of the bounce last summer. Instead, the rally has held up for a full year longer than we expected.

Is it ready to roll over now? Let’ wait and see…

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Cut Pakistan Loose -- Nitin Pai, Wall Street Journal

Occupying Iraq, State Department-style -- Peter Van Buren, CBS News

Progress in Afghanistan called hard but not ‘hopeless’ -- William Branigin, Washington Post

A Post-American Day Dawns in the Mideast -- Ray Takeyh, New York Times

Corruption Grows in Russia -- Paul J. Saunders, National Interest

American Mosques: Jihad's Incubators -- Frank Gaffney, Jr., Center For Security Policy

A Cure for the Resource Curse
-- George Soros, Moscow Times

Energy statistics: The world gets back to burning -- Schumpeter, The Economist

Europe's Bad Bank -- Mats Persson, Wall Street Journal

The Earth Is Full -- Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times

Obama and the End of Western Civilization -- Steve McCann, American Thinker

Democracy still rules. But will US catch up in a changing world? -- Francis Fukuyama, Christian Science Monitor

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