then you'll want to listen to david amos, who has boiled it down to some simple rules for the new year. >>> and everybody's talking about america's decline, vis-a-vis china. but a major european intellectual says don't believe any of it. >>> and another story on how to ruin your economy in five easy steps. last week venezuela clicked all of the boxes. >>> finally from head to toe covering including the eyes to no covering at all, what is appropriate for the modern muslim woman. i'll share a surprising survey. >>> here's a startling statistic, more than 8,000 iraqis were killed in violent attacks in 2013. that makes it the second most violent country in the world after its next door neighbor syria. as violence has spread and militants have gained ground in several mideastern countries, people have been wondering, how much does this have to do be -- "the wall street journal" and commentator magazine have both argued that the obama administration's decision to withdraw troops from iraq to zero is directly responsible for the renewed violence in that country. they have also argued that bec