China Lays Out Stance On Syria, Rejects ‘Interference’

NYTimes.com March 4, 2012 BEIJING (Reuters) - China warned other powers on Sunday not to use humanitarian aid for Syria to "interfere" in the strife-torn Middle Eastern country, while urging unity in the U.N. Security Council after a split with Western powers over the crisis. The Chinese Foreign Ministry laid out its stance on Syria …

U.S. Backers Of Israel Pressure Obama Over Policy On Iran

New York Times March 4, 2012 Pg. 1 Mark Landler WASHINGTON — On the eve of a crucial visit to the White House by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, that country's most powerful American advocates are mounting an extraordinary public campaign to pressure President Obama into hardening American policy toward Iran over its nuclear …

Top U.S. Admiral: Arming The Syrian Rebels Would Help Oust Assad

The Cable (thecable.foreignpolicy.com) March 2, 2012  By Josh Rogin If the international community gave the Syrian rebels arms, communications equipment, and intelligence, that would help speed PresidentBashar al-Assad's removal from power, the top U.S. military official in Europe said Thursday. Navy Admiral James Stavridis, Commander of U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander-Europe, told the …

Syria Splits Along Sectarian Lines, Shaking Mideast

McClatchy Newspapers (mcclatchydc.com) March 2, 2012 By David Enders and Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers NEAR QUSAYR, Syria — Resting in a safe house south of the shell-battered city of Homs, Syrian rebel Abu Abdo at first framed the conflict convulsing his country as a war between the Sunni Muslim majority and the authoritarian regime …

A Refresher on 7 Laws and Theories Worth Remembering by Rajesh Setty

You would have heard of these laws and theories from someone sometime. So, this is going to be a quick refresher 1. Pareto’s Law (also known as the 80/20 rule): The 80/20 Rule means that in anything a few (20 percent) are vital and many(80 percent) are trivial. In 1906, Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto created …

Why you should embrace heretics By Polly LaBarre

Today's challenges demand the full imagination and passion of every individual -- yet most organizations were designed to elicit compliance, conformity, and predictability. What would it take to create organizations that are as resilient, inventive, inspiring, and accountable as the people who work inside of them? How do we build organizations that are fit for …

Rebel, Rebel….no, wait…you’re a Christian? by J. William DeMarco

I guess I grew up a rebel…funny now that I am a dad, Air Force Officer, student, pilot, commander, the list goes on…but I think I have always been a rebel at heart.  As a teen, the church I belonged to frowned on that…the long hair (well…that's gone), the black ’72 SS/RS Camaro, my taste …