A day after a dramatic video surfaced apparently showing the abduction of a Palestinian teenager who was later killed, another video has been released that appears to show Israeli police beating a youth. His family says the youth is a 15-year-old American who is the slain teen’s second cousin.
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The US economy gets it right! Happy 4th!
The Richmond Times Dispatch has an interesting article on the US economy and why it has prospered and out-paced the economies of Japan, China, and many European nations. We just haven’t heard tales of woe like one hears about Greece, Spain, Ireland, and Portugal and our pension funds haven’t been slashed nor have our civil servants been reduced to a near state of bankruptcy.
Sure, our joblessness rate needs to improve more. Yes, people are out of work. Yes we still have a rust belt and we have cities in decline. Our infrastructure needs all its underpinnings overhauled, but some things we are getting right.
