Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

July 23, 2012

The Weimar Union Walter Laqueur The public discussion of Europe’s economic crisis has carried a curious air of repression: When commentators have worried about worst-case scenarios—the scenarios that harken back to the dark moments in the Continent’s history—they have generally been dismissed as alarmist. But there are good reasons to treat these dire warnings with the gravest seriousness—to place them within the realm of plausibility. Is Europe headed on its way back to the 1930s? Read More » Obama's Skills on the Campaign Trail Explain His Haplessness in the White House Mark Schmitt Obama's campaign recast Mitt Romney's most formidable asset, his business career, from an image of a successful investor, to that of a trimmer, manipulator, and destroyer of value. Such a move may win the president re-election, but will campaign skills translate to policy? Read more » What the Islamist Takeover of Northern Mali Really Means Eliza Griswold Islamists have taken over the Northern sector of Mali, and the destruction of a sacred city continues apace. Is Timbuktu on the verge of losing its soul? Read more » From The Book: A Short History of Journalism's Long Crisis of Authority Todd Gitlin From the 1930s to the 1980s, when public information in America moved through a decreasing number of pipelines, the field of media studies was dominated by the view that journalism was conducted by professionals who separated fact from opinion and news from entertainment. Has that old media regime passed? Read more » Happy (Almost) Natural Family Planning Awareness Week! Can We Please Have an Honest Debate About Guns Now? Aurora: How Sorry Are We? Taking On Assault Weapons Could Be a Political Winner for Obama Ohio: The Place Where the Bain Attacks Are Working State Unemployment Rates Aren't Moving The Polls