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May 19, 2013
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Week in Review
This week’s essay focused on America’s jobs problem, and outlined why work is an essential human right: When thinking about the future of jobs during the Information Revolution, it’s important to remember that the drive to work is embedded in … Continue reading
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US Shale Spreading Joy Across Pacific
The US shale boom, as Polemarchus might have said, is helping friends and harming enemies. Shale gas from America has become an important asset for Japan’s economic recovery; the country is an ally poor in natural resources and struggling with soaring fuel … Continue reading
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Israel’s Other Enemy: The Blue Social Model
Public employee unions have a new international villain to add to their growing list: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Bibi’s government is embarking on a fight to break the monopolizing power of Israel’s formidable port unions, the “gatekeepers for Israel’s … Continue reading
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Daggers Drawn by Philippines and Taiwan in Latest South China Sea Dispute
Filipino police shot a 65-year old Taiwanese fisherman in the neck a few days ago in the latest dispute to heat up the South China Sea. Things escalated quickly after the “accident” and now two American allies are at each other’s … Continue reading
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Frack Chic
Flame-resistant overalls are the latest reason to be optimistic about America’s future. The US shale boom is creating plenty of new jobs in the oil and gas industry, but it’s having a number of knock-on effects as well. Energy-intensive industries … Continue reading
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Egyptians Deeply Pessimistic About the Country’s Future
Egyptians are increasingly dissatisfied about their country’s economy and pessimistic about their collective future, according to a new poll by Pew. 62 percent of those polled are unhappy with the way the country is going, up from 41 percent last … Continue reading
May 18, 2013
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Could Sufi Islam Make A Comeback?
Sufi Islam—more mystical, more concerned with God’s love than God’s law, and much more tolerant toward other faiths and other varieties of Islam—has been on the retreat in much of the Islamic world. Saudi-funded Wahabi preachers and Islamist activists have … Continue reading
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Swiss System Offers Hints About US Under Obamacare
Readers trying to understand how Obamacare will transform our health care system should look to Switzerland. Bloomberg profiles the Swiss health care system, which is perhaps the closest global equivalent to what our health care market will become under the ACA. Like Obamacare, … Continue reading
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Russia Outs CIA Moscow Station Chief, Administration Continues To Appease
Russia continues to show respect and appreciation for the White House, this time by breaking protocol and outing the CIA’s Moscow station chief. The Guardian has the story: Speaking to Russia’s Interfax news agency, the FSB spokesman said his agency … Continue reading
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Retirement Roundup: All Roads Lead Abroad
Baby Boomers have lost, on average, 117 thousand dollars in retirement savings to unexpected “retirement derailers,” according to a recent Ameriprise Financial survey. CNN money reports: Nearly all, or 90%, of those surveyed, had experienced at least one economic or life event … Continue reading
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Not Even Large Oil Reserves Can Save Socialist Venezuela
Don’t tell Sean Penn, but Venezuela is imploding. WaPo reports that demand for the US dollar is skyrocketing in the country, whose weak economy is pushing people onto a shady currency black market: Because the bolivar is artificially overvalued and practically … Continue reading
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DC’s PC Commissars Lose Touch With Common Sense
Asking a fellow student on a date may now get you kicked off a college campus. Following a year long investigation into the University of Montana’s handling of several sexual assault cases, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the … Continue reading
May 17, 2013
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Want to Be Happy? Get to Work
Retiring early can make you depressed and unhealthy, as well as poor, according to a new study by the Institute of Economic Affairs, a British think tank. The IEA looked at micro-level data from 11 countries on the physical and … Continue reading
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Abe Reverses Course, Supports Japanese Apology For WWII
Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe backtracked yesterday on previous comments he made in which he suggested that he did not agree with the famous 1995 apology by then-Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama. Murayama apologized to neighboring countries like China and Korea for … Continue reading
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Useful Reminder: Saudis and Muslim Brotherhood Do Not Get Along
There is a lot of bad blood between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Saudi form of Islam, and those tensions are likely to become more visible as the Brotherhood continues to gain influence in the Arab world. “The Brotherhood has … Continue reading
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