I ask you to have faith in democracy, even in the tricky case of Egypt. As some of you know, I am first generation Egyptian-American. I am also obsessively political and idealistic regarding democracy, freedom, and progress. So it is hard for me to be detached in the case of the pro-democracy protests happening right now in Egypt ( Read more... )

I have been doing recruiting at law school fairs at universities in Florida (Brooklyn Law School, where I went, sent me because I went to University of Florida for Undergrad ( Read more... )

During the debates over certain Obama policies for the past few months, I have heard the words "socialist", "fascist", "nazi", "racist", and other slurs being hurled back and forth as well as many political slogans that are completely intellectually lazy and separated from reality, so let me vent on my feelings about these ( Read more... )

The events in Iran over the past week have been hard to pull myself away from. But alas I must, since I’m studying for the bar. To get all of what I’ve seen out of my system, a few observations ( Read more... )

From the Moscow Times ( Read more... )

The second misconception I feel the need to talk about tonight is not so much macro-economic, but rather a commentary on what I view as the excessive pessimism and risk-aversion regarding stocks right now ( Read more... )

The first economic misconception is most forcefully put forth by Peter Schiff, who has come to be seen as an economic prophet for his warnings in the middle of this decade that unprecedented credit expansion for US consumers would lead to an economic crisis. However, he is now overstating his case ( Read more... )

In this clip from C-Span's call in show, Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) explains what happened on Sept. 18, 2008 that forced the Government's hand regarding the bank "Bailout". He also explains why the Government did not put the bailout money to buying up the toxic assets, as was originally proposed, but instead bought preferred stock to inject ( Read more... )

Topic for Presentation on Feb 24 ( Read more... )

My political thoughts on the general problem in Gaza are best expressed by the historical fiction novel "Exodus", written shortly after Israel first became an independent nation ( Read more... )