US Special Operations forces have captured a suspected mastermind behind the September 11, 2012 terror attack on the United States embassy and CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, in which Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens …
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Lots of people have a tough time of it in Kim Jong-un’s North Korea: farmers, laborers, prisoners, meteorologists, artisans, housewives. But especially meteorologists. This week, “Fatty the Third” took time out …
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Today marks the 70th anniversary of one of the largest amphibious attacks in history, with more than 4,000 ships, 11,000 warplanes, and 156,000 Allied troops; this day is known as …
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For people who’ve ever struggled to find a taxi, Uber is great news. If you’re in a decent-sized city, download its app, register, and you’ll never wait for a taxi …
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We make fun of North Korea quite a bit — it’s the whole point of this series. And it’s easy to mock the North Korean regime, they’re ridiculous. But the …
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If you scour the prose of contemporary economists, you’ll invariably encounter murkiness and subterfuge. President Truman was all too aware of the problem when he said “give me a one-handed …
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Liberal bloggers are now spinning Barack Obama’s inaction on the Ukraine crisis as an intentional strategy, as Russian strongman Vladimir Putin pulls his troops back from the border with Ukraine. But while …
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Is the 9/11 Memorial Museum a place for Americans to mourn and pay respect to the fallen — or a place to commercialize and generate revenue? That’s the question pundits …
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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 …
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Back in 2009 the German central bank, the Bundesbank, announced they were concerned they hadn’t been paying enough attention to their gold reserves stored in overseas central banks. It’s not …