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U.S. in 2012 – State of the Union
January 24, 2012, Comments Off on U.S. in 2012 – State of the Union

State of the Union 2012: Obama speech full text (ABC News) State of the Union: Obama Makes Case for Economic ‘Fair ...

Mars
January 8, 2012, 1 Comment

Exploring Mars Historic pictures sent from Mars; space.com Mars500 mock mission reveals dangers of long space flights Fl ...

U.S. Economy 2011 Part II
January 7, 2012, 2 Comments

The Dismal Economic Outlook For The New Year by Paul Craig Roberts (Foreign Policy Journal) Jobs offshoring, financial d ...

Canada in 2011: economy and finance
December 27, 2011, Comments Off on Canada in 2011: economy and finance

Bright outlook for Canada’s economy Canadian and U.S. economies to improve in 2012 (RCI) A leading Canadian econom ...

Aid, Development and Progress 2011
December 26, 2011, 1 Comment

The magic of diasporas Immigrant networks are a rare bright spark in the world economy. Rich countries should welcome th ...

World Hunger 2011
December 19, 2011, Comments Off on World Hunger 2011

AGRA works to achieve a food secure and prosperous Africa through the promotion of rapid, sustainable agricultural growt ...

Christopher Hitchens: 1949-2011
December 16, 2011, Comments Off on Christopher Hitchens: 1949-2011

In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011 (Vanity Fair) Christopher Hitchens—the incomparable critic, masterful r ...

Media matters 2011
December 15, 2011, 1 Comment

See Wednesday-Night.com Media Notes ; also The News of the World and the Murdoch empire 2011: Media Deaths and Births (T ...

U.S. in 2011
November 29, 2011, 1 Comment

Monitor some of the predictions and see how accurate they were The new census data may favor Republicans, but long-term ...

Canada in 2010 and 2011 – Immigration
November 4, 2011, 1 Comment

Background: Flight to Canada: The refugee process (March 2010) Canada to reform refugee system: Kenney Proposed reforms ...