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Sirius-XM appears poised on the brink of bankruptcy this morning, which should come as a surprise to no one and will present an opportunity for some.  The economics of the […]
Marking a coup for digital journalism, those wily upstarts at the Huffington Post got a not-bad seat Obama's first White House press conference. HuffPo's question, delivered by one Sam Stein, […]
Newsweek tracked Republican chatter recently over how President Obama's stimulus bill could push the United States further down the slippery slope toward socialism. Despite a rather loose use of the […]
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We must empower the preexisting international institutions and make them more effective, says C. Raj Kumar.
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According to C. Raj Kumar, it is important is to recognize that there are many aspects of human rights with which the Chinese have made great progress.
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 […]