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America's downgrade may serve as a wakeup call for its policymakers. It is an unambiguous and loud signal of the country's eroding economic strength and global standing. It renders urgent the need to regain the initiative through better economic policymaking and more coherent governance.
It is not necessary to dwell on the political and social principles of Islam, to underline how close they also are in spirit to the concepts of human rights which govern the political and social systems of the West.
| Isaac Babel, Journalist (1894) |
| Harrison Ford, Actor (1942) |
| Ken Jeong, Actor (1969) |
| Jack Kemp, Politician (1935) |
| Tom Kenny, Actor (1962) |
| Ruth Ellis, Criminal (1955) |
| Bronislaw Geremek, Historian (2008) |
| Frida Kahlo, Artist (1954) |
| Yousuf Karsh, Photographer (2002) |


