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There’s an old saying that nothing good happens after midnight. Which perhaps explains why cities across the US and the world are attempting to enact curfews for the long, hot summer …

Almost 50 years ago, a media thinker and professor named Marshall McLuhan coined the catchphrase “global village.” Today that phrase remains an apt way to characterize not only the Internet, but the …

“Beer is made by men, wine by God.” — Martin Luther The story’s out, and we’ve got to believe the French don’t like it one bit — they’re no longer number one …

Google got its start in Susan Wojcicki’s garage in Menlo Park, California. Amazon.com’s business plan was forged by founder Jeff Bezos while he and his wife were traveling across the country. And …

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 …

The Mayor of Torrance, California recently had to face a real-life Bruce Springsteen lyric: “These jobs are going, boys, and they ain’t coming back.” This week, Toyota announced it was …

This Winter put a damper on the economy, which is pretty amazing when you think about it. Even in the absence of epic snowstorms and traffic-snarling ice, winter has never …

While Russian troops camp out on the Ukrainian border, pro-Russian insurgents inside the Eastern European nation are seizing town  after town, this week claiming the eastern city of Luhansk. Obama …

The talk of the weekend was the alleged recording of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. On the tape, the person identified as Sterling makes a series of virulently racist …

Welcome to Situational Awareness, a weekly roundup of news from last week that will likely be causing sleepless nights in the future.   SOMALIA OR BUST:  A Hawaii-based ground crew …