January FDH Lounge News Nuggets

By Rick Morris

We’re adapting a segment that we have used on our show repeatedly in order to try to highlight some of the more intriguing news headlines going today.  We have also posted links here for geopolitical headlines in the past and we’ll work this into this theme.  Much like The FDH Lounge itself, we’ll try to keep it broad-based as far as what is catching our eye.

^ From Chronicles Magazine (penned by onetime Lounge guest Tom Piatak), the true implications of allowing women in combat.

^ From SCOTUS Blog, examining the Supreme Court striking down President Obama’s misuse of recess appointment powers.

^ From Matt Lewis at the Daily Caller, the early moves in the 2016 presidential cycle.

^ From Stratfor, how the UK is moving away from European integration and what that will mean.

^ From Bloomberg View, history indicates we’re only HALFWAY through a truly wretched economic cycle.

^ From The Diplomat, examining if China would block Korean reunification.

^ From Politico, examining under-the-radar liberal approaches to entitlement programs.

^ From The American Interest, emerging systemic problems with Western civilization.

^ From The Investigative Project, terrorist sleeper cells in America.

^ From Business Insider Politics, warnings at Davos that the world economic forecast is worse than most think.