Companies say the US has a "skills gap", but really it's just that employers are trying to push wages down and skilled workers are not enthusiastic.

Even if there were enough job offers to give every American that would like to work a low-paid job, that wouldn't make the country prosperous. Additional demand for workers is needed in order for wages to rise. So we need to create more jobs — until we reorganize society so you can have a decent life without working if nobody wants your labor.

A UK politician faces threats for saying that a shirt showing Jesus and Mohammed greeting each other is not horrible.

Anti-government protesters (some pro-Morsi, some pro-democracy) faced repression in Cairo.

With pro-government rallies too, it is not easy to tell which side has more popular support.

The Global Elite: Rigging the Rules That Fuel Inequality.

5 journalists have been killed in Egypt since the coup in July, dozens have been attacked, and dozens imprisoned.