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UNESCO to U.S.: Drop Dead!

Last Thursday, the United States was sucker-punched by an international organization. A majority of countries belonging to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and…

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Fear Factor

Environmental activists seeking to halt the worldwide spread of the advanced technologies they fear see <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />China…

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Gaming the World’s Poor

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />  Upon returning from a United Nations-sponsored conclave in 1954, philanthropist Preston Hotchkis warned…

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Celluloid Bolshies

Actor Charles Grodin, in his book “I Like It Better When You're Funny,” recalls a particularly devastating put-down from a critic: “If you…

Free Speech

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Cultural Wars Benefit No One

What's the dirtiest word in the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />United States political dictionary these days?  That's easy: “outsourcing.”<?xml:namespace prefix…

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Socialist Capitalists

It's not easy to explain the anti-globalization movement's attraction or its successes.  Much of the writing on the movement's growth, ideology, and influence…

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Glimpsing Another Mindset

  Kevin Danaher and Jason Dove Mark’s new book Insurrection presents the views and strategies of those who resist global free trade and markets. The activist…

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NGO, Reform Thyself

These days, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) face increasing criticism.  This is something new for the global NGO movement, whose actions, campaigns, and goals have,…

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Down in the Dumps

When most people hear the words “illegal dumping,” they probably think of someone using somebody else's trash dumpster without permission.  However, in the…

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A Cast of Thousands

In <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Hollywood's glory days, studios peppered movie posters with the words “cast of thousands” in bold…

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Culture Wars

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> When Americans hear the word “outsourcing,” they typically imagine the movement of <?xml:namespace prefix =…

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Protecting our Exports

Auto parts, precious metals, lumber—Canadians have found many ways to export their way to success in the global economy.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns…

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The Global Network of Snobs

Cultural creativity is big business in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />America.  According to the most recent data from Economists Incorporated, U.S.

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France Launches Global Culture War

Cultural creativity is big business in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />America.  According to the most recent data from Economists Incorporated, U.S.

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An Apple a Day

“Who are those guys?”<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />   That's the question that keeps popping up…

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