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Life in America: Advertising

August 25th, 2011

By Tom Carter As some may have noted, a couple of months ago I relocated from Europe to Texas.  I lived overseas for many years, most recently the past decade or so in Serbia.  Even though I spent a couple of months each year in the U.S. for various reasons, I really wasn’t immersed in [...]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: advertising, America, commercials, Europe, gecko, internet, junkmail
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Ed Driscoll Interviews Mark Steyn

August 8th, 2011

By Dan Miller Ed Driscoll of Pajamas Media interviewed Mark Steyn today about his new book After America: Get Ready for Armageddon.  A link is here. The interview is 21 minutes in length and the “lo-fi” version is about 6 meg.  The interview covers many topics and I think Steyn is correct. Please listen.

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: after, America, Armageddon, book, Mark Steyn
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What the 2010 Census Tells Us

April 21st, 2011

By Seth Forman What the 2010 census tells us about America, New York, and Long Island. I recently prepared a report for the Long Island Regional Planning Council that summarized the first data to be released for the 2010 Census. Basically the report found: 1.  Populations in the south and southwestern states are growing faster [...]

Articles written by Seth Forman
Tags: 2010, America, analysis, census, Long Island, New York, suburban, urban
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Embarrassed To Be American

March 15th, 2011

By Nancy Morgan For the first time in my life, I’m embarrassed to be an American. Last weekend, as tens of thousands of Japanese were fighting for their lives after an 8.9 earthquake devastated their nation, our President, after giving a generic “We’re with you” statement, remained noticeably absent. Not really absent — Obama could [...]

Articles written by Nancy Morgan
Tags: aid, America, earthquake, Japan, meltdown, nuclear, response, tsunami
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Truth and Pravda

November 2nd, 2009

By Brianna Aubin Once upon a time the word “Pravda”, meaning “truth” in Russian, was a worldwide joke.  Why?  Because as a state-supported newspaper under a despotic Communist regime, the newspaper was telling anything but. So how bad do you think it has to get before Pravda is lecturing America on how its people are [...]

Articles written by Brianna Aubin
Tags: America, communism, Marxism, Pravda, socialism
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Brain Drain – A Personal Tale

September 26th, 2009

During the course of the previous summer, I had far fewer tasks and responsibilities assigned to me than I am accustomed to dealing with. As a result, I turned to my usual boredom-preventing pastime: books. When I was in middle and high school, this typically meant reading science-fiction and fantasy, but this time most of [...]

Articles written by Brianna Aubin
Tags: academic careers, America, brain drain, France
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