25 | January | 2012

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

A Revolution in Higher Education is Underway

Mark J. Perry | January 25, 2012, 9:25 pm

A few days ago, I reported on how MITx could revolutionize higher education by offering free online classes along with a new benefit: credentials. Beginning this spring, students will be able to take free, online courses from MIT, and if … read more >

Carpe Diem

Obama Deserves No Credit for the Oil and Gas Boom

Mark J. Perry | January 25, 2012, 8:28 pm

From Warren Meyer in Forbes (ht/Morganovich): “The one person who deserves no credit for this [oil and gas] boom is Barack Obama. In fact, this Administration has bent over backwards to make oil and gas production and exploration as difficult … read more >

Carpe Diem

Walmart Holds ‘Idol’-Style Contest for Small Businesses; Winner Will Be Sold in Select Stores

Mark J. Perry | January 25, 2012, 4:43 pm

USAToday — “Walmart is holding a contest called the “Get on the Shelf” program — an American Idol-style competition for small businesses. Two rounds of online voting will determine three winners, all of which will be sold online, with the … read more >

Economics, Energy and the Environment

Clean energy: the race to waste

Benjamin Zycher | January 25, 2012, 4:09 pm

Mr. Bryan Ritterby is proud. Proud “to be working in the industry of the future.” And President Barack Obama is proud. Proud to have given Ritterby the opportunity to be proud to be working in the industry of the future. … read more >

Carpe Diem

Will U.S. Oil and Gas Manufacturers Be Included?

Mark J. Perry | January 25, 2012, 3:00 pm

U.S. oil and gas companies have been increasing production in America with “high-tech” manufacturing and creating thousands of new U.S. jobs for years. President Obama last night at the SOTU speech: “If you’re an American manufacturer, you should get a … read more >

Society and Culture, Education

Obama’s Stephen Colbert moment in higher education

Andrew P. Kelly | January 25, 2012, 2:03 pm

“SOTU: Nothing new on education” says Rick Hess? I beg to differ. At least one sentence was “new.” When the president took aim at higher education, he unexpectedly channeled his inner Stephen Colbert. Colbert routinely places people and groups that … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

Egyptian revolution, one year later: Uncertainty of the ‘Arab Awakening’

Paul Wolfowitz | January 25, 2012, 1:36 pm

Last March, when it was just turning spring in Washington, the visiting foreign minister of Morocco, Taieb Fassi Fihri, offered this caution about the changes that were sweeping through the Arab world: “the Arab spring is here,” he said, “but … read more >

Politics and Public Opinion

Egyptian revolution, one year later: Americans’ foreign policy views after the protests

Andrew Rugg | January 25, 2012, 1:34 pm

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the protests in Egypt. Since that time, NATO forces have intervened in Libya and the American military has largely withdrawn from Iraq. Foreign affairs have received little attention from both the Republican presidential … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Egyptian revolution, one year later: Prepare for Egypt as an enemy

Michael Rubin | January 25, 2012, 1:33 pm

An Islamist Egypt should mean no more business as usual. The Islamist groups coasted to power not only on religious rhetoric, but also on sheer populism. Most Egyptians associate the economic reforms of the Mubarak era with corruption. When Mubarak … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Egyptian revolution, one year later: Reflections on a chilly Egyptian spring

Michael Rubin | January 25, 2012, 1:32 pm

As the Egyptian revolution marks its first year, the optimism with which so many journalists, analysts, and diplomats greeted the popular revolt seems misplaced. With Islamists winning a 75 percent share in a parliament tasked with writing a new constitution, … read more >