Considerations

• Joshua Stacher and Samer She­hata think that the United States should talk to the Mus­lim Broth­er­hood, an oppo­si­tion Egypt­ian polit­i­cal and social orga­ni­za­tion that is banned by the gov­ern­ment. Once Hosni Mubarak is gone, the U.S. may have no choice but to deal with them as the gov­ern­ing party.
• Deval Patrick may have the great­est amount of power within his state than any gov­er­nor in the United States, Dave Deni­son writes. Will this be good for Massachusetts?
• When the Baby Boomers retire, they will want to sell their houses. But who will buy them? There aren’t enough Gen­er­a­tion Xers who can pur­chase all of them. Plus, Gen­er­a­tion Y will be unable to afford homes because of their debt-laden lives and the high cost of hous­ing. My guess is that prices will remain increase slightly at best – or pos­si­bly remain level or even fall if sup­ply is larger than demand.
• Samuel Zell, who made bil­lions in real estate, says he sees “inef­fi­cient mar­kets” in the news­pa­per indus­try and may be able to fix the ones he may pur­chase. Good luck.
• James Scur­lock says that Amer­i­cans are “maxed out” from hard times, easy credit and preda­tory lenders.
• Shashi Tha­roor has given up on try­ing to get Amer­i­cans to like cricket. I’ve tried — but I always go back to base­ball. The home opener for the Red Sox is in fif­teen days.
• Do Amer­i­can vot­ers want star power more than expe­ri­ence in their pres­i­den­tial candidates?

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