Archive for the ‘Financial Crisis’ Category
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The Fall of the Motor City
Posted on July 19, 2013
Eminem is the best thing to come out of Detroit in the last twenty years. That, and the Clint Eastwood Chrysler commercial. Detroit filed for bankruptcy yesterday. No surprise there. ...
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The Fed, the ECB and La Dolce Vita
Posted on July 8, 2013
Strangozzi is the characteristic pasta of Umbria, Tuscany’s hot sister. Hearty and rustic like the Umbrians who conceived it, strangozzi is best enjoyed with an oil and garlic sauce and shaved...
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Obama The Great?
Posted on January 21, 2013
Historians will rate President Barack Obama as one our nation’s greatest Presidents. The question is: Was he any good? That the history profession is dominated by a liberal elite comes...
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The 7 Billionth Person
Posted on November 1, 2011
According to the United Nations, the 7 billionth person came into the world the other day. I was wondering why it felt kind of crowded around here. The 1 billionth...
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On Basketball
Posted on October 28, 2011
“Get your head out of your ass.” We were in the locker room of a high school gym in the South Side of Chicago, and the coach of my team,...
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