Polishing off your week with a skim through the headlines:
- U.S. Issues Global Travel Alert Over al Qaeda Threat (WSJ) — First the announcement we were closing embassies; now this.
- U.S. Adds 162,000 Jobs as Growth Remains Sluggish (NYT) — It strikes me that it’s tough for most people to connect with these monthly figures. Know what I’d like to see? Monthly figures on underemployment. That would actually indicate something more meaningful about the state of the economy.
- House Votes To Quash Obamacare, For The 40th Time (NPR) — Can you believe these guys? It’s like a vaudeville act that keeps doing the same stale jokes, day after day, on the same stage.
- Reza Aslan’s Jesus is not as revolutionary as author thinks (WashPost) — The headline grabbed my interest, and I thought I’d give you a change-of-pace story, to liven up the mix.
- Congress eyes renewed push for NSA legislation (The Guardian) — The Guardian keeps leading with this; keeps hoping it has an impact beyond making Edward Snowden famous. That’s the problem with so much “investigative journalism.” The editorial point comes across so nakedly in the “news” coverage. Of course, that’s more acceptable in Britain.
- Local teen makes it big on Jeopardy! (The State) — Kind of old now, but I wanted something local, and the pickings were slim.
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Worldwide terror alert? Not very helpful….
It’s easy enough to comply with. I’m just going to leave my passport in my dresser drawer until the all-clear.
Me, too! Whew. That’s taken care of.
2. Pretty good news about the economy but these numbers would have been much better without the sequester. Government at all levels continues to add very few jobs thus dragging down the economy. Still the U6 number that everyone frets about is slowly dropping. Of course that is little comfort to those without work for 2 years and more.