This article was pretty interesting to read from Reason Magazine, a libertarian magazine. While I do not agree with the idea that a lower police force is beneficial to the society, the article does do a good job of pointing out instances where spending has gone wrong. In regards to the article's final paragraph, while most people do follow the law without having a police officer on every street corner, this does not prove any correlation between a lack of a police force and lower crime, like the article puts forth.

Article detailing the European Unions planned sanctions on Iran, if Iran does not back down from nuclear development. The sanctions to be imposed by the EU show a policy change from past sanctions which targeted specific people and companies.

Good article about how people in Spain are using comedy as a way to make sense of the economic crisis, and as a coping mechanism to get through the crisis