“I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.” —Ronald Reagan The Fourth of July kind of …
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Director Bong Joon-ho’s Snowpiercer, which didn’t even crack the top ten movies last weekend, is being called the best sci-fi film of the year, and possibly the best film of the year …
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See more Living in… posts by Bruce Haring. The eyes of the world are focused on Brazil for the 2014 FIFA World Cup of soccer. It’s a televised panoply of white sandy …
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A pair of opinion polls carried out earlier this year brought to light some interesting views about the American Dream. While the dream is indeed dead for many, it’s not …
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In a fascinating TED lecture delivered in October, 2009, Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses what she calls “the danger of a single story.” She tells of her childhood reading …
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Clippers owner Donald Sterling shouldn’t be worried that his life is over. Sure, he’s now holed up in the penthouse of a Beverly Hills office building, subsisting on pizza and …
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Since the Russian invasion of Crimea in February, Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama have been in regular contact with each other, seeking to smooth over tensions in Ukraine. Regular, almost …
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There’s still this impression in the financial entertainment media that investing in index fund is great for “beginners,” but it’s not something savvy investors do. The reason those articles pop …
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The Internet is a great communications tool. But like a hammer, it can be used to build a house, or it can break a window. The intent of the person …
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The 2014 Golden Globe Awards just wrapped up and as usual there were some surprises and some fun things that happened in front of the camera and behind the camera. …