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Op-Ed

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The Importance of Time Off
I used to be a real productivity nerd. I wrote an earlier post detailing some examples of my compulsion to be as efficient as possible. I worked at a …

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September 11 Lessons: Combating Ignorance, Avoiding Arrogance
US soldiers from the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade assist American and Afghan soldiers who were wounded December 12, 2010, near the village of Sangsar, southern Afghanistan. Six American soldiers …

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We Won’t See Mass Prosperity Until We Rebuild Manufacturing
While there are many similarities between our time and the Great Depression, there is a crucial difference: In the late 1930s, the United States produced over one-third of the …

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Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide: Enforced Dependency Is Everywhere
Ours is a truly complex world — with interlocking systems of finance and debt, globalized supply chains for commodities and products, highly specialized social roles and professions, and multiple …

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How Did This Happen to America?
It was while I was explaining to an Australian student that Rupert Murdoch was the reason America had gone batty that I realized how inadequate my answer to his …

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September 11 and “A New Birth of Freedom“
Washington - After we honor the 10th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, we need to leave the day behind. As a nation we have looked back …

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Will We Have a Global Paradigm Shift Away from Obsolete Ideologies?
Philosopher Thomas Kuhn gave paradigm its modern definition in reference to the set of principles and practices that define a scientific discipline at a particular period of time. In …

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Perry, Rhetoric or Reality
Washington - Texas Gov. Rick Perry made an interesting strategic choice at Wednesday's Republican presidential debate about how to deal with his self-inflicted Social Security problem. Perry doubled down …

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Passivity or Violence: Is That the Only Choice?
Between Libya, which has endured more than 2,000 NATO bombings, and Syria, where more than 2,000 civilians have been killed by their own government so far, we see the …

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Who Will Help the Poor?
Paris - With the deepening of the economic crisis and the prospect of another recession looming large on the horizon, growing social inequality has become an increasingly urgent issue. …