THE HUFFINGTON POST: Obama: Paul Ryan's Budget Is 'Nothing But Thinly Veiled Social Darwinism'
In remarks later Tuesday, President Barack Obama will slam the Republican budget plan put forward by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as "nothing but thinly veiled Social Darwinism."
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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Red Cross Proposes Daily Cease-Fires In Syria
The Syrian government has agreed to withdraw its security forces from in and around major population centers by April 10, ostensibly paving the way for a general cease-fire two days later, the special envoy told the Security Council on Monday.
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THE CHRISTIAN POST: World Evangelical Alliance, South Sudan And Tribes Discuss Ending Violence In Embattled State
Local South Sudanese government officials and tribal elders have gathered in Yei River County in Jonglei state Sunday for a three-day Peace Conference under the sponsorship of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC), to discuss the role of the church in helping end tribal violence and prevent future conflict.
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THE ATLANTIC: The Happiness Agenda: Can The UN Help Develop A Happier World?
At first glance, today's high-level event in the UN General Assembly would appear to confirm the worst suspicions of UN skeptics. Given all the crises engulfing the globe, what geniuses in New York decided to have the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan host a daylong special session on "Happiness." What the heck is going on in Turtle Bay?
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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Libyan Militias Turn To Politics, A Volatile Mix
The militia leaders who have turned post-Qaddafi Libya into a patchwork of semiautonomous fiefs are now plunging into politics, raising fears that their armed brigades could undermine elections intended to lay the foundation of a new democracy.
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SALON: Egypt’s Accountability War
The Muslim Brotherhood is mobilizing a more formidable challenge to the privileged status of the country’s military rulers, particularly in the realm of the army’s mammoth, but largely secret, business holdings.
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THE ECONOMIST: A Glass Half-Full
Which way will African politics go? The way of Senegal, where the president conceded electoral defeat on March 25th to a younger rival, extending a democratic tradition unbroken since independence in 1960? Or is nearby Mali a more troubling bellwether?
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CHRISTIANITY TODAY: Google Brings Churches Back Into Nonprofit Program
Nearly a year after Google introduced its nonprofit program that excluded churches, the company quietly modified its eligibility guidelines to allow them back in.
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THE ATLANTIC: To Fix America's Education Bureaucracy, We Need To Destroy It
America's schools are being crushed under decades of legislative and union mandates. They can never succeed until we cast off the bureaucracy and unleash individual inspiration and willpower.
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MOTHER JONES: Fiscal Therapy
For years now, whenever I've been invited to lecture students on how our tax system works, I have asked a simple question: What is the purpose of the United States of America? The most common answer, be it at prestigious universities, elite prep schools, rural community colleges, or crowded urban high schools, is this: To make people rich.
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