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By J. Thompson
Online Career Tips Staff

Buckle your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy and contentious campaign season and the hot-button topics are focused squarely on the economy and jobs creation. Much like front-running Republican presidential nomination candidates, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, President Barack Obama is placing jobs creation as priority one and he addressed it during the 2012 State of the Union. “Think about the America within our reach: A country that leads the world in educating its people,” said Obama, “An America that attracts a new generation of high-tech manufacturing and high-paying jobs.”

By William Tucker

It has been quite some time that I have addressed Pakistani politics, but with the current intrigue following “Memogate” it might be time to access the situation. In 2007, I called into question the wisdom behind the U.S., and other Western powers, pushing for then President Musharraf to remove his military uniform and rule as a civilian. Shortly thereafter, Benazir Bhutto, and several other Pakistani politicians returned from exile.