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Kiss the Independence Intifada goodbye

The death of the Independence Intifada of 2005 has been prematurely announced many times. However, today we have in front of us  a genuine corpse, the end of the fleeting aspiration four years ago, at least in its more restricted form, of establishing ...

From MICHAEL YOUNG, Lebanon Daily Star,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hezbollah,  Rafik Hariri,  Saad Hariri,  Michel Aoun,  Ban Ki-moon

Politically Uncorrected: Tom Corbett's problem

Attorney General Tom Corbett has a problem. More precisely, he had a problem. More about that in a moment! Corbett’s problem was the same problem confronted by each of his predecessors since the Office of Attorney General became elective in 1980:  how ...

From G. TERRY MADONNA AND MICHAEL L. YOUNG, SYNDICATED COLUMNISTS, Stateline.org,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Sam Waterston,  Madonna

Slower loan growth set to hit ICBC net

SLOWING loan growth could hurt profit at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China next year, after a lending boom earlier this year helped the world's most valuable bank post a 19-percent rise in third-quarter profit. ICBC, with a market value of ...

From MICHAEL WEI AND DOUG YOUNG, Shanghai Daily,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: ICBC,  China Construction Bank,  Bank of Communications,  Goldman Sachs

Listing update delays in Southern California

Since 11pm on Wednesday night, we’ve had some longer than normal delays in getting listings updated on our Web site and iPhone app. The reason is that we switched our underlying MLS feeds in Southern California to include one from CARETS. As we’ve been ...

From MICHAEL YOUNG, Redfin | Official Blog,  23 Oct 2009

Politically Uncorrected: Until the bitter end

Since 1970 Pennsylvania has had an unbroken string of two term governors – Milton Shapp, Dick Thornburgh, Bob Casey, Tom Ridge, and now Ed Rendell. Most of them have behaved in a familiar pattern. They fashioned modest second term agendas, exhibited ...

From G. TERRY MADONNA AND MICHAEL L. YOUNG, SYNDICATED COLUMNISTS, Stateline.org,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Ed Rendell,  U.S. Republican Party,  Milton Shapp,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Dick Thornburgh

CCB profit beats analysts' view

CHINA Construction Bank, in which Bank of America has about an 11-percent stake, yesterday posted forecast-beating results, after third-quarter lending dropped to more normal levels following a boom earlier in the year. China's big banks extended a ...

From MICHAEL WEI AND DOUG YOUNG, Shanghai Daily,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: China Construction Bank,  Bank of America,  ICBC

Stockholm Syndrome on Parade in Beijing

Chinese President Hu Jintao (3L car) reviews the military personnel during the National Day parade in Beijing on October 1, 2009. (AFP/AFP/Getty Images) The parade in Beijing on Oct. 1 for the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the People’s ...

From MICHAEL YOUNG, The Epoch Times,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jiang Zemin,  Zhao Ziyang,  Deng Xiaoping,  Hu Jintao,  Hu Yaobang

Michael Young: The South African Talks: A Template for Peace

1985 began as a dreadful year for South Africa. Months earlier the Sharpeville riots led to six people dead in clashes with the police. In response, 7,000 troops searched 20,000 houses in Sebokeng township, heightening the tension and the prospect that ...

From MICHAEL YOUNG, Huffington Post,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: P. W. Botha,  African National Congress,  Oliver Tambo

Hizbullah: still strong, getting weaker

As the permanent members of the UN Security Council, along with Germany, prepare for a dialogue with Iran in October over its nuclear program, Hizbullah is closely watching what happens. The party will almost certainly be at the vanguard of Iranian ...

From MICHAEL YOUNG, Lebanon Daily Star,  23 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Hezbollah,  Hassan Nasrallah,  U N Security Council

Politically Uncorrected: The Goldilocks principle in American Politics

In politics, text and subtext don’t always tell the same tale. This time, however, they do. The text in question can be found in almost any story this summer about the Obama administration. Some recent column titles from Real Clear Politics paint the ...

From G. TERRY MADONNA AND MICHAEL L. YOUNG, SYNDICATED COLUMNISTS, Stateline.org,  11 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Bill Clinton,  Ronald Reagan,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Congress

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