By Josh Sanburn Article Reprint Every week, it seems, another restaurant, supermarket chain, or Swedish furniture maker announces that instead of feeding its customers beef, they — whoops! — accidentally served horse meat. Most Americans,
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After Fighting Over Mountains, India and China Lock Horns in the Indian Ocean
By Ishaan Tharoor Article Reprint In mid-April, a platoon of Chinese soldiers trooped some 20 km into territory considered India’s and pitched tents and unfurled banners. When detected by Indian forces, the Chinese refused to
Read moreGin & Tonic: Spain’s Obsession, Despite the Recession
By Matt Goulding Article Reprint The first time I drank a gin and tonic, a real gin and tonic, it was three in the morning in an old converted castle in the tiny town of
Read moreBlack Labor Too Uppity for the Fields: Guest Workers Needed
Glen Ford Article Reprint By his silence, President Obama is giving the wink and nod to guest worker programs under immigration reform, further institutionalizing the displacement of African Americans from farm work. “The farm owners,
Read moreA Company That Runs Prisons Will Have Its Name on a Stadium
By GREG BISHOP Article Reprint In recent years, where stadium naming rights could be sold, universities and professional sports teams have sold them — to airlines and banks and companies that sell beer, soda, doughnuts,
Read more20 Years Ago Biz Markie Got The Last Laugh
by Oliver Wang Article Reprint In the late 1980s, no clique in New York seemed more dominant than the Juice Crew. Assembled by producer Marley Marl, the group’s core included the larger-than-life spectacle that was
Read morePostmaster General: Online Bill Pay Eroding Postal Revenues
By Melanie Hunter Article Reprint (CNSNews.com) – U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General and CEO Patrick Donohoe on Wednesday said the increase in people paying their bills online is a “primary cause” of the financial challenges
Read moreThe Idled Young Americans
By DAVID LEONHARDT Article Reprint THE idle young European, stranded without work by the Continent’s dysfunction, is one of the global economy’s stock characters. Yet it might be time to add another, even more common
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