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Economic Update: Students in Montreal Fight Tuition Hikes, and More
Rick Wolff provides his weekly dose of economic updates.
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Facebook’s Long-Term Problem
Facebook went public a week ago, to great embarrassment. NASDAQ creaked under the strain and, more important, the price dropped from an offer price of $38 to as low …
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With Energy Efficiency, We All Win
Just as hybrid cars are using advanced engineering to cut gasoline bills, technology can cut the cost of heating, cooling and lighting America's buildings. A hybrid car's better mileage …
Colin Powell: Another War Criminal Cashes In
One could be forgiven for thinking thereu2019s anything honorable or honest about Colin Powell. For more than two decades now the Washington media has portrayed the former Secretary of …
Obama 2012: The Lesser Evil?
The election of Barack Obama generated hope for a new progressive national agenda. The reality, however, has been a disappointment for many, and leaves open the question for those …
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The Secret of Joy: Six Lessons From Quebec’s “Maple Spring“
Lessons to learn from the brave students of Quebec.
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Radicalization Within the Armed Forces: DoD Losing Sight of the Forest for the Trees
Make no mistake, this homegrown u201cradicalizationu201d has a specific name: extremist, evangelical, Christian fundamentalism or u201cChristian Dominionism.u201d
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Drone Kill List: Not News?
Depite the gravity of the issue, even the NYT can't make drone kill lists a media issue.
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Cross Cultural Festival to Save Ethnic Studies
As a result of the battle to defend ethnic studies, an incredible support nationwide has been created for Tucsonu2019s embattled Mexican American studies department.
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An American Folly: The Professional Centrist
Americans Elect, a lavishly funded u201ccentristu201d group that was supposed to provide an alternative to traditional political parties, has been a ridiculous flop.