- 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?
