Reporters without Borders has published its index of journalistic freedom in the world. According to its index, Finland has the freest press; Turkmenistan, North Korea, and Eritrea has the least free. The US, despite its rhetoric concerning freedom, came in at 46th.
The Economist ran an article assessing the value of learning another language. In business terms, being multilingual is quite valuable, and studies have been done assessing the economic value of different languages. Unfortunately, the article only assesses the value of European languages. I would the economic premium on non-European languages would be substantially higher.
The recent Israeli-Palestinian negotiations have been centered on Israel’s demand that it be recognized as a Jewish state. That demand is unlikely to be satisfied by the Palestinians. The Christian Science Monitor sheds light on how contentious that issue is.
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