The Energy Information Agency has published a very comprehensive review of the strategic and economic significance of the South China Sea. It is a superb overview of the issues affecting the area. Given that the likelihood of conflict in the region is very high, the information is useful to understand the stakes involved.
Protests in Tunisia are continuing after the assassination of Chokri Belaid, an opposition leader. Many blame the Islamist-led government for the killing, an accusation that is adamantly denied by the government. The Arab Spring began in Tunisia two years ago, but it has unfolded very unevenly since then. Renewed protests in Tunisia and Egypt threaten to unsettle the process toward greater stability in the Arab world.
There has been a steady drumbeat in American society about whether the high unemployment rate among recent college graduates is due to the fact that colleges are not teaching the necessary employment skills. This argument is scurrilous and insidious. College majors have not changed very much in the 37 years I have been teaching, and for most of those years students have not had a difficult time finding jobs. What has changed is the desire of employers to actually hire. The Atlantic gives a very graphic demonstration of the change.
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