A full 12 years and 249 days after the tragedy that redefined America, president Barack Obama dedicated the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York today, telling attendees that “nothing …
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One quarter of the globe’s adult population is “deeply infected with Antisemitic attitudes,” according to a new survey published by the New York City-based Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The survey also found …
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When Benny Goodman recorded a song about “a slow boat to China,” it was talking about the longest trip imaginable. Today of course we can fly to China; the trip from …
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In the psychotic prison state that calls itself the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, nothing is what it seems, and everything is a secret. The entire country is essentially a 47,000 …
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Situational Awareness: Warren Dodges Questions, Sterling Fights Back, Obama Punts on Ukraine
by Bruce Haringby Bruce HaringWelcome to Situational Awareness, a weekly roundup of news from last week that will likely be causing sleepless nights in the future. ALAS, POOR HILLARY: Big Chief Elizabeth Warren, she …
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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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Fiction is Stranger Than Truth — 5 Weird Things Americans Believe
by Bruce Haringby Bruce HaringA recent Associated Press poll revealed that a majority of Americans aren’t sure whether the Big Bang Theory, which postulates that everything was created in a massive expansion at the …
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Remember when you were twelve, and you promised your mother you’d wait here after school until she or your father left work to pick you up? As soon as you …
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In just a few short months, tickets for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games are expected to go on sale. The event will be held in Rio de Janeiro, marking the …
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One of the frustrating things about personal finance is watching people, smart people, make the same mistakes over and over. Those bad decisions happen at the personal level, then bubble …