No single spending item is going to solve America's $22 trillion national debt, but every little bit of wasteful spending makes the tough problems more difficult to solve.
Here's hoping that the award will help safeguard Tunisia's nascent democracy.
Nineteen people were killed when gunmen stormed the Bardo National Museum in Tunisia.
Hands over power to caretaker government until elections later this year
Believed to be the first suicide bombing in Tunisia, no one other than the bomber was killed
Arab Spring yet to usher in free speech
Demanding resignation of Islamist government
Gun used in yesterday's shooting was the same one used in another killing
Mohamed Brahmi was shot and killed yesterday
Was sentenced to two years in prison last month
Were protesting treatment of another jailed activist
Bomb attack near the Algerian border
Seventy year old resident dead, 17 police officers reported wounded in
Amina Tyler went into hiding months ago after posting a topless picture to Facebook in protest
Her efforts at feminist activism were not well-received
Protests over a Tunisian girl arrested for posting a topless photo on Facebook causing more harm than good
Or, Why the Arab Spring Desperately Needs a Summer of Love.
Thousands have reportedly gone to Syria to fight Assad's regime
Similar to the self immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, which marked the beginning of the Arab Spring
Prime Minister Ali Larayedh says he will only serve until an election some time this year
After recent resignation of the prime minister
Unable to form coalition after the assassination of opposition leader
Tunisian opposition leader was killed on Wednesday
Trying to contain backlash following assassination of secular opposition leader
Tunisia in crisis after secular opposition leader assassinated
Protests have been joined by calls for a general strike
In response to attack on Algerian facility earlier this month
Arab spring started when a Tunisian merchant set himself on fire after being harassed by local bureaucrats
Still dealing with instability from ouster of president in 2011
Press freedoms just as under attack as before the first Arab Spring
Turkish police are holding the Tunisian men in Istanbul
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