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An Industry Worth Its Weight in Gold
Originally published in Spanish in the Sunday, December 16, 2007 edition of El Comercio newspaper, Quito, Ecuador. Translated by Ecuador Mining News…
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Smithsonian Owes Debt to Commercialization
Marsha Mercer's “Selling of the Smithsonian” (Commentary, Wednesday) criticized the new “commercialized” Mall because it has to raise money from dreaded corporations. Her criticism…
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Will Al Gore Make Peace With Reality?
Accepting his share of the Nobel Peace prize this week, Al Gore said that “. . . we have begun to wage war on…
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Subprime Borrowers: Not Innocents
A simple look at the blunt reality reveals that borrowers themselves should assume primary responsibility for the current subprime crisis. Millions of borrowers, all…
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The Land of Unkept Climate Commitments
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon says that California "leads the world" on climate change. He’s right, but not the way he thinks. In fact, the…
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FCC auction won’t help public safety
The Mercury News (Editorial, Dec. 9)argued that the FCC’s auction of the airwaves would greatly aid public safety by creating a national broadband…