Larry Summers, 'Gross Hypocrisy' and PRC's AIIB

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Zzzzz...Barack yaps too much...will set things straight in WaPo...zzzzz... I am utterly perplexed by this recent, bizarre op-ed by former U... Continue reading →

'Furious 7' Box Office Success Banks on US Diversity

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New box office formula: fewer gringo actors = more moviegoers. I am not much of a follower of the US film industry, but this story caught m... Continue reading →

Sands' Sheldon Anderson 1, Online Gambling Stateside 0

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The US nanny state and a casino mogul combine to frustrate online gambling Stateside. For a long time, I have covered attempts to regulate I... Continue reading →

Yank Boomers Needn't Delay Retiring...in SE Asia

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Need I say more ? To make an understatement, let's just say Yanks are not known for their long-term planning. As the earliest cohort of ... Continue reading →

Jeff Koons & Hokum as America's Defining Characteristic

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To understand America, explain why "Orange Balloon Dog" is worth $58.4 million . At best, Americanism is a good-natured kind of hu... Continue reading →

Atlantic City or Detroit: Which Epitomizes US Decline?

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They partied till they literally dropped. Thousands of years into the future, when archaeologists sift through the ruins of the United State... Continue reading →

'Libertarian Hacking' is Not an Oxymoron

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Every hacker has his price--and the Koch brothers are paying for talent. Owing to the dominance of Northern California--Silicon Valley, to b... Continue reading →

What Comes After Failed Global War on Drugs?

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 "Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade...[c]learly, what we have been doing has not worked and it is unfair fo... Continue reading →

Why Putin Has Got the Moves Obama Lacks

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But would you buy a used car from this guy? I watched the entire Putin interview yesterday on CNBC from his World Economic Forum wannabe, t... Continue reading →

US Firing Squads From Mars, EU Pharma From Venus

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Having (ab)used the hackneyed Americans from Mars, Europeans from Venus trope already, I suppose giving it another go isn't bad. As I u... Continue reading →