July 2010
Americans broke and depressed
The New Abnormal Americans are broke and depressed—and also swilling $3 lattes and waiting in line for iPhones. Welcome to the schizophrenic economy By Devin Leonard In March, Ralph Ronzio went to a warehouse in a seedy part of Orange County, Calif., and watched a guy auction off his condo for half what he’d paid …
How to RESET The American Dream
The Institute for Justice has launched a new economic liberties program called “The Power of One Entrepreneur.” They have five detailed reports produced by successful local writers, highlighting five individual entrepreneurs. The power of one entrepreneur, the reports explain, is the key to helping our nation recover from this economic slump and to restoring our inner cities and countless lives …
American Immigration: A Catch 22
Engineering grad returns to Mexico, now waits to become legal College degree, but no papers STORY HIGHLIGHTS * Oscar Vazquez’s mother brought him to the United States illegally when he was 12 * He became a star student, earning an engineering degree at Arizona State University * Vazquez and his wife agreed he would turn …
The Glen Beck dog and pony show
The educational worm turns Thursday July 8, 2010 | 20:25 by Jonathan T. D. Neil in New York City | permalink | Art Salon As someone who as taken an interest in what I have called the art world’s ‘pedagogical impulse’ and what others have dubbed its ‘educational turn’, I was of course tickled to …
Australia to be China’s zhengyou, a “true friend” who would be loyal enough to raise unpleasant truths
How to deal with a strong China? JAMES FALLOWS July 28, 2010 AUSTRALIA has three big advantages in dealing with an ever more powerful China. The trick for the next government, and its successors, will be to use the leverage these natural and induced advantages provide, while avoiding a significant pitfall Australia may be creating …
The Death of War in Afghanistan
The Death of the War in Afghanistan By recording failure in meticulous detail, the leaked war logs bear devastating witness to our incompetence In Vietnam the horror of fighting was brought to TV screens in real time. Such was the reaction that American citizens withdrew their consent. In the 1980s computers were said to have …
Captured pirates sentenced in Seychelles
July 2010 Pirates sentenced in Seychelles
Shocking And Explosive Secret Files Largest In Military History
SCANDALOUS COVER UP The 92,000 American classified military documents released by WikiLeaks add to the evidence that Pakistan’s intelligence service backs the Taliban, to the point of helping the Taliban plan assassinations of American and Afghan officials. This raises the question: Who covered up a scandalous arrangement known to everyone with a casual acquaintance of …
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