Terrorism Is a Police Matter Too
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 8th, 2010 4:32 am by HL
Terrorism Is a Police Matter Too
Eugene Robinson, Indianapolis Star
WASHINGTON — The system worked. Authorities responded to the attempted Times Square bombing about as well as anyone possibly could — proving, once again, that viewing terrorism exclusively in a military context is wrong. It's a police matter, too.That Faisal Shahzad was apprehended just 53 hours after he allegedly left an explosives-packed SUV at Manhattan's teeming crossroads really is the stuff of a cinematic thriller. As New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly suggested, only fictional terrorist-hunter Jack Bauer of Fox's “24” could have done it better. And unlike…
Greece May Default and Leave the Euro
Paul Krugman, New York Times
So, is Greece the next Lehman? No. It isn’t either big enough or interconnected enough to cause global financial markets to freeze up the way they did in 2008. Whatever caused that brief 1,000-point swoon in the Dow, it wasn’t justified by actual events in Europe.Nor should you take seriously analysts claiming that we’re seeing the start of a run on all government debt. U.S. borrowing costs actually plunged on Thursday to their lowest level in months. And while worriers warned that Britain could be the next Greece, British rates also fell slightly.
