A Small Glimmer of Hope in a Devastated Region

This blog post is somewhat off the beaten trail given what I usually talk about, but its level of importance in geo-politics is astronomical. In Tunisia, an Anti-Islamist party won the majority of the seats in the nations recent election. This marks the first time and Anti-Islamist party has held the majority since the Islamic Revolution that swept the region. The significance of his story is that both the United States and the EU have been helping these countries purse a democratic election as well has been hoping for an Anti-Islamist party to hold power. While this may seem like an un-important post, it actually could be the first of many countries to successfully reject the harsh islamist state rule.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/27/secular-party-looks-to-win-tunisia-elections/17998263/

Airport "Screenings:" Are They Enough?

As many of us know by now, several major airports in the United Stated (5 to be exact), have declared that they will start screening passengers arriving from the ebola effected areas. They will do this by monitoring temperatures and by asking questions. Is this enough though? Personally I believe that we should stop all flights from those effected areas until we have this disease under control. The best way to stop an outbreak is to start at ground zero. Nigeria recently has declared that it is virus free and they attribute their success to closing its borders to anyone traveling from the effected counties. I'm not saying that we should close our borders all together, but when it comes to people traveling from the effected countries, we should not allow them to step foot on a plane until they have been declared virus free. Let me know what you all think.

http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/p1008-ebola-screening.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29685127