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Devil in the Black City
BY GABE RUBIN In any other year, Chicago’s 506 murders would have been treated as a passing, local travesty. But in the year of Newtown and Aurora, violent death in American urban warzones is finally trendy enough for the New York Times and CNN. President Barack Obama even stopped by his adopted hometown long enough…
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Orphans in the Crossfire
On the surface, the main news story pertaining to U.S.-Russian relations over the past few months has been Russia’s stomach-turning anti-American adoption law that would bar Americans from adopting Russian children. Americans adopt thousands of Russian children each year, many of whom have disabilities and would otherwise suffer in Russia’s Dickensian orphanages. The law’s populist…
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Obama Starts Reelection with State of the Union
As is wont to happen in an election year, President Barack Obama used last night’s State of the Union address to articulate new campaign promises, tout successes of his first term, and spin failures into palatable stepping stones on the road to improvement. Members of Congress remained polite throughout, perhaps uncharacteristically cognizant of how much…
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Gingrich, the Bombastic Bomb-Thrower
Newt Gingrich, the volatile new frontrunner of an equally volatile Republican presidential primary, stepped into controversy again last week. In a speech before the Republican Jewish Coalition, Gingrich argued that Palestinians are an “invented” people. His Republican opponents chastised him for meddling in Middle East issues best left to the Israelis and Palestinians to resolve.…
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A Drop In the Bucket
Globalization does have its limits. Although it is too early to call it a trend, many American manufacturers have begun to return some of their production from overseas in a process known as “reshoring”. Notable companies planning reshoring include Ford, General Electric, Otis, and several others. Executives for these corporations are quick to point out…
