May 5, 2024
Rethink the Week:

Jeff Feingold editor of the NH Business Review

Political Science Professor Wayne Lesperance New England College

Topics:
The Iowa Freedom Summit…the good, the bad, the incoherent
After Abdullah
Corruption in NY…Sheldon Silver steps down as NY Speaker
Sun and Wind power bad for national security (I am not making this up)
This is the new culture war. It is about national identity rather than religion says EJ Dionne
The Greek Elections
Related Links:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/25/syriza-historic-win-greece-european-union-austerity

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/sarah-palin-delivers-bizarro-speech-to-iowa-freedom-summit-and-twitter-reacts-as-expected/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/24/gay-marriage-iowa-freedom_n_6538624.html

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/25/iowa-confab-the-good-the-bad-and-the-absolutely-crazy.html

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/federal-decision-expected-sunzia-transmission-line-28452043

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2015/01/the-prospects-and-consequences-of-a-possible-syriza-government.html

http://www.salon.com/2015/01/26/paul_krugman_the_nightmare_conditions_that_led_greece_to_elect_a_leftist_government/?source=newsletter

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/john-boehner-benjamin-netanyahu-114554.html

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/super-pac-scams-114581.html

http://blog.prospect.org/article/how-bernie-sanders-new-role-could-make-wall-streeters-very-very-unhappy

http://hotair.com/archives/2015/01/26/the-fall-of-sheldon-silver-continues/