Updating the Age of Apocalypse trend in 2012 seems fitting considering this is the year that believers in Nostradamus or the Mayan calendar doomsday scenario think will be our last. Of course, 2011 was also supposed to be our last, according to fringe Christian fundamentalist Harold Camping, whose creative Biblical tinkering yielded May 21, 2011 […]

If you have just entered the workforce in the last couple of years, the recession probably hit you hard. You’ve had a tough time finding jobs, and you’ve taken a hit in the wallet.  But that doesn’t mean that things are getting easier for your grandparents either. The WSJ reports that seniors are increasingly looking […]

The Turkish pot is calling the French kettle black, as AK Prime Minister Erdogan denounced France’s foolish and illiberal law criminalizing the denial of genocides, including the massacres of Armenians in modern Turkey during World War One.Somewhat hysterically, Erdogan warned of the “footsteps of fascism” in France over the bill.  In fact it was the […]

Regular Via Meadia readers will know that the new Great Game in Asia, in contrast to its land-locked 19th century predecessor, is largely a water sport. Nowhere is the dynamic relationship between the US and China more tense and more intimate than on the high seas, owing, as this WSJ article notes, to the amphibious […]

Between the travails of the U.S. Postal Service and the slower shrinkage of the public sector at the state and local level, the dependence of African Americans on government and quasi-government employment will create problems as both wages and employment in the public sector come under pressure.But there is also some good news from the […]

The Blue Model is on the way out. What should come next?

A recent article in the New York Times should send chills down the spine of CEOs everywhere. The Times reports that in recent tests, Boston company Rapid7 found that a number of business teleconferencing systems are highly vulnerable to hackers, who could exploit security holes to eavesdrop on company meetings, many containing classified information. With […]

Mad scientist looking for crazy rich person to pursue long-term in vitro experimentation. Open relationship can include greens. Must love meat. That’s what Dr. Vladimir Mironov’s ad might look like if there were an online singles site specifically for people proposing to save the world. A year ago, Via Meadia reported on Dr. Mironov’s attempt […]

Big things are happening in the Middle East today. Reports the Financial Times (subscription required): The Arab League will seek United Nations Security Council endorsement for a plan to peacefully end the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and pave the way for a democratically elected government within six months, it was announced on Sunday […]

In a victory for Obama administration multilateral diplomacy and a significant setback for Iran, the European Union today announced an embargo on Iranian oil. The Associated Press reports: The European Union and Iran raised the stakes Monday in their test of wills over the Islamic republic’s nuclear program, with the bloc banning the purchase of […]