The Obama administration is mapping out an economic strategy in the Palestinian areas of the West Bank, using both U.S. government funds and private-sector involvement, in a bid to restart direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Source: WSJ.com: Politics And Policy
Posts Tagged: Open
Open thread for night owls: David Cay Johnston on income inequality
David Cay Johnston, who was awarded a Pulitzer prize in 2001 for his exposé on inequities in the tax code, and who pioneered journalistic writing about income and wealth inequality long before others focused on that area, appeared Tuesday on the “Kagro in the Morning” radio show hosted by David Waldman. I was there for… Read more »
Oh, boy: Stephen Colbert helps Twitter-insecure Bill Clinton open @PrezBillyJeff account
Bill Clinton’s handlers have kept him on short social media leash … until now. https://twitter.com/hunterligon/status/321471931415150592 This won’t end well. On Saturday, Stephen Colbert interviewed the former president at a Clinton Global Initiative meeting. In the segment that aired Monday night, Colbert convinced Clinton to take the Twitter plunge. He dictated his first tweet to Colbert: https://twitter.com/PrezBillyJeff/status/320644561439436800… Read more »
White House Closed for Tours, Open for Celebrity Soul Concert
Tuesday night, the White House throws open its doors for a celebrity packed concert celebrating Memphis soul music. Justin Timberlake, Al Green, Queen Latifah, Cyndi Lauper, Sam Moore, Charlie Musselwhite, and others will be performing at the exclusive event. Maybe they can get a tour of the White House while they are there, because it remains… Read more »