Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Headlines: September 9, 2008

Russia agrees troops pullout from Georgia heartland

Ohio: Life Term for Microwaving Baby

Top Lawyer Is Selected As U.S. Mulls Google Suit

Who Is Sally Quinn?

Venezuela Plays The Russia Card

Spengler: “The fact is that there won't be any Georgians or Ukrainians in the not-too-distant future. By coincidence, Washington's two favorite beacons of liberty happen to be the two countries with the world's fastest rate of population decline.”

Spengler: Americans play Monopoly, Russians chess

“Big music, big ballets, big books: Russian culture deals in big things - from Tchaikovsky's Life of Man symphony to Tolstoy's block-busting two-tome epic War and Peace.”

Spengler’s suggested reading list and fiction here

The Middle of Nowhere: Western analysts are forever bleating about the strategic importance of the middle east. But despite its oil, this backward region is less relevant than ever, and it would be better for everyone if the rest of the world learned to ignore it

A Truman for our times: The received wisdom is that President Bush has been a foreign policy disaster, and that America is threatened by the rise of Asia. Both claims are wrong—Bush has successfully rolled back jihadism, and the US will benefit from Asian growth

Spengler: Putin for US president - more than ever

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