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MSFT vs GOOG: The New Cold War?

When I was a child growing up in the suburbs of Vancouver, we conducted regular drills to rehearse for what we believed was the inevitability of a nuclear assault at the hands of an evil Communist empire half a world away.  This was the height of the cold war, and as...

World Bank weighs in on ethanol

Finally, some common sense! On Friday in the Guardian World Bank head Robert Zoellick was quoted while speaking at an IMF meeting, saying that “in the US and Europe over the last year we have been focusing on the prices of gasoline at the pumps. While many worry...

The Best Dissent Has Never Been Anti-American

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42698-2003Feb7.html washingtonpost .com The Best Dissent Has Never Been Anti-American By Michael Kazin Sunday, February 9, 2003; Page B03 As the U.S. military prepares for war, millions of Americans are seeking a way to...

The End Of The American Era?

http://www.salon.com/books/int/2002/12/02/kupchan/print.html The decline and fall of the American empire An expert on geopolitics says forget Islamic terrorism — the real future threat to America’s supremacy will come from Europe. – – –...

FW: another view

> The Herald, 13/09/01 > > Inevitable ring to the unimaginable > JOHN PILGER > > IF the attacks on America have their source in the Islamic world, who can > really be surprised? > Two days earlier, eight people were killed in southern Iraq when British > and >...