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Twitter, the darling of web entrepeneurs everywhere, may be one of the few networking outfits that are not sweating the economic doldrums. Though they still lack a revenue stream, Twitter […]
Even though she may have taken some flack from Jon Stewart, Elizabeth Alexander's presence at the Obama inauguration seems to officially signal the return of eloquence and rhetoric to the […]
For the United States to reach any major goals for renewable energy, it's going to need major infrastructure development—not only does it have to build the wind farms where it's […]
More evidence has emerged to charge Israel with deploying experimental and illegal weapons during the 22-day attack on Gaza last month. Although the use of white phosphorus aroused a short-lived […]
Europe has wisdom, sense, spirits and a good virtue. Yet, it appears that she disorderly managed valuable values.
It is the time now to reinvent these and to work together on widening and deepening, due to believes in our prosperity and welfare.
Journalism has always wrestled with the tension between finding fresh, new angles on stories and perpetuating falsehoods and fantasies, though never more so than amidst the click-driven insanity of its […]
The way we use information is about to change. We have spent the last 40 years using computers to recreate our old 19th-century paper documents, and now we have a mess on our hands.
I'm challenging Apple to embrace the Semantic Web by hiring me to replace Steve Jobs as CEO. I've laid out my argument and launched my campaign here.
The Wikipedia page for John Updike claims to have last been modified today, on February 9, 2009. While Wikipedia allows unique disclaimers for subjects recently deceased—Updike died January 27th, of […]
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The Harvard Business School professor talks about how is changing the healthcare industry.
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Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen explores solutions for America's uninsured.
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The Harvard Business School professor has an alternative to socialized medicine.
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The Harvard Business School professor talks about his disruptive solution to healthcare.
Anyone in need of a moment's release from our collective recession depression should check out of this piece in today's Telegraph, which previews some revolutionary new consumer technologies on the […]
Perhaps the most sobering economic article in Sunday's Times,among much sobering financial section news, was not an article at all. On page A21 a full-page warning, superimposed over the image […]
Bill Brown, a visiting professor of the practice of law at Duke University, says the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 is the best model for getting America out of […]
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Author Alaa Al Aswany says problems in Egypt arose with Israel, not with the Jews.
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Alaa Al Aswany on the culture of myopia.
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Alaa Al Aswany sees the potential for democracy across the entire Arab world.
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A negative interpretation of Islam adds to the forces against tolerance Alaa Al Aswany believes.