Should the Arab World, after the revolutions, come up with their own version of a European Union?

The early version of the EU was created after World War II to safeguard democracy and human rights in those countries by integrating their economies closer and closer together. Should there be an Arab Union where the Arab countries can freely travel and exchange goods without tariffs to safeguard their newfound liberties through broader integration?

Why are Liberal Americans and European Socialists not Having Kids?

The hard data on babies around the Western world is that they’re running out. “Replacement” fertility rate–i.e., the number you need for merely a stable population, not getting any bigger, not getting any smaller–is 2.1 babies per woman. Some countries are well above that: the global fertility leader, Somalia, is 6.91, Niger 6.83, Afghanistan 6.78, [...]