Jeff Spross

The five TAP pieces that have made a stir around the web this week. “Godwin’s Law Needs Updating“ “Everyday Corruption“ “Reid’s Angle“ “The Next Power Triangle“ “It’s Not You; It’s Me“

Pakistani army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Gen. Stanley McChrystal head to a meeting of representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the United States. Even before McChrystal’s ouster, Kayani and other Pakistani officials were meeting with Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan, to forge a partnership between the two countries. Among other proposals, Pakastani officials say […]

Following a rising tide of controversies that ended in a surprisingly swift political revolt on Wednesday, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has stepped aside. He will be replaced by his deputy, Julia Gillard, making her the first woman to hold the office. Gillard has promised to pursue a carbon-pricing system and to settle an ongoing […]

Ed O’Keefe profiles Laura D. Tyson along with six other possible candidates to replace Peter Orszag, who has announced his intention to retire as head of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget: She chaired Bill Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisers, currently teaches at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, served as dean at the […]

A traditional Indian wedding. But with people under 35 accounting for 75 percent of the population, and with the rapidly growing economic empowerment of women, the divorce rate in India has begun to climb as well. Now a proposed amendment to the country’s marriage law, which would ease the obstacles to divorce, is touching off […]

The five TAP pieces that have made a stir around the web this week. “Washington’s I.T. Guy“ “Don’t Let Fake President Maddow Set Your Expectations“ “The Unlucky Luck of the 2010 Graduate“ “Calculating BP’s Liability“ “The Two Conservatisms“

Portuguese novelist, outspoken Communist and critic of globalization, and winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature, José Saramago died today at the age of 87. While he didn’t actually become a full-time writer until his 50s — after a long and diverse string of jobs and careers — his books have sold over two […]

A June 4 rally in Times Square, protesting the Israeli raid of a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. Under mounting international pressure since the incident, Israel announced on Thursday that it would ease the blockade, though details remain sketchy. A security official, who was granted anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly […]

A protest against teacher layoffs in Washington, D.C. The White House called for increasing aid to the states to ward off such layoffs, which has touched off a spat over where to find the money: An annoyed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called a White House liaison to her office, House Education and Labor Committee Chairman […]

A traditional dance during a pow wow of the Shinnecock Indian Nation. The tribe, which resides primarily on a Long Island reservation, received approval from the Obama administration for federal recognition Tuesday. (Flickr/andybrannan)