Weekly Reading LIst 11.27.12

THE FISCAL CLIFF

• CORKER TOUTS FISCAL PLAN says, "...It's time to rip the band aid off and reach a deal..." 
• LINDSEY GRAHAM, PETER KING BREAK WITH GROVER NORQUIST
• NORQUIST PLEDGE: ARE GOP TAX REBELS START OF A TREND OR JUST TALK?
• NORQUIST: GOP WON'T BREAK TAX PLEDGE
• WHY THE FISCAL CLIFF MATTERS TO THE MIDDLE EAST
• THE FISCAL CLIFF IS THE FIRST HUGE TEST FOR THE U.S. RECOVERY

EGYPT

• SHOWDOWN SET OVER MORSI DECLARATION
• ABSOLUTE POWER: MORSI DECREE STUNS EGYPTIANS
• SYRIA IS CENTRAL TO HOLDING TOGETHER THE MIDDLE EAST
• MORSI TRIES TO CALM EGYP AFTER HIS EDICT

ISRAEL/GAZA

• ISRAEL AND HAMAS AGREE TO CEASE-FIRE, AFTER U.S.-EGYPT PUSH
• CLINTON ROLE SHOWS U.S. STILL DOMINATE IN TOUGH NEIGHBORHOOD
• BY THE NUMBERS
• HAMAS WINS OVER DOUBTERS IN GAZA WITH BATTLEFIELD PROWESS
• FOR ISRAEL, COSTS AND BENEFITS OF STRIKING GAZA

EXTRA!

• VOTING BY SEX, AGE, RACE, MONEY AND EDUCATION
• THE BOND VILLAINS LAIR: SKYFALL'S ABANDONED ISLAND
• MY 13 FAVORITE TED TALKS: BILL GATES