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In the new issue of Vanity Fair, journalist Peter Bergen argues that we are, in fact, winning our war against Al Qaeda. “[I]t is not…
Maybe it’s just the growing pains of an adolescent superpower, but China has begun to flex its newfound muscles in ways inconsistent with its “peaceful…
A new Gallup poll out today highlights what could be a problem for Obama going into the 2012 election: his reluctance to embrace the idea…
I had hoped to write a simple post giving thumbs up or down to yesterday’s FCC ‘net neutrality’ rule-making. Alas, I can’t, yet. Let me explain….
I’ve been posting about knowledge capital writedowns, so now it’s time for a post on where the U.S. is building knowledge capital. Let’s start with…
The water is building up behind the dam. More and more, it’s looking like 2011 could be a banner year for IT hiring…isn’t that amazing?…
Look, I realize that Tom Friedman gets a lot of guff from the liberal intelligensia. Matt Taibbi over at Rolling Stone has practically made a…
One of Barack Obama’s finest moments as President came this past September, when he gave a speech to Congress urging passage of the health-care reform…
Is it true that the three basket-case countries of Europe–Greece, Ireland, and Iceland–have outperformed Germany on real GDP and productivity growth? Or do the implausible official…