The Era of the Newspaper is Over, But Right and Left Anti-Mainstream Media Forces Shouldn't Rejoice

March 29, 2009

James V. DeLong writes that when newspapers went online, they “embarked on a course of business suicide, drinking the “information wants to be free” Kool-Aid and in the process empowering every blogger and aggregator to mediate between the news source and the reader, raking off a cut of revenue along the way.” Well, yes.

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Prescription for America's Economic Health: Concentrate or Hang

March 28, 2009

Professor and businessman Kenneth Cone explains the current economic crises in the context of history and the Great Depression. “Have you noticed lately that people who sound confident about the economy are mostly talking head pundits with no practical experience and no responsibility?” A frightening, perceptive, and ultimately hopeful read.

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G-20 Could be World Leaders' Last Chance

March 28, 2009

G-20 summit next week could be a “turning point that helped the world pull out of the great recession of 2009 and engineered a historic shift in global economic governance.” But if the current positions stand, expectations are that the summit could fall well short of the goals of host Gordon Brown and President Obama.

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Report: Biden Opposed Administration's Afghanistan/Pakistan Strategy

March 28, 2009

Policymakers were reportedly divided over the Obama decision to boost troop levels by 17,000. “On the one side were Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg, who argued in closed-door meetings for a minimal strategy of stabilizing Afghanistan that one source described as a ‘lowest common denominator’ approach.”

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Culture11: More a Phenomenon in Death Than Ever in Life

March 28, 2009

Robert Stacy McCain asks a simple question: how could a website with an intriguing premise lose over a million in right-wing funding in a mere six months? His answer: Culture11’s goals were schizophrenic, their intentions unclear, their implementation awful, and their staff a crapshoot of egos and information gaps. That’s why, in rip-roaring style.

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Is Angelina Jolie Bad for Africa? An Interview With Dambisa Moyo

March 28, 2009

Author and economist Moyo is at the center of a fiery debate over foreign aid’s effect on the African population. Consider: is it better for an African company to make mosquito nets, or a church to donate thousands, ruining the company? In a year, the nets will be torn. Who will make new ones?

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Transcript: Obama's Plan for Afghanistan and Pakistan

March 27, 2009

President Obama today announced his new plans for Afghanistan and Pakistan. The plan includes an increase of both U.S. military and civilian forces in Afghanistan, and an increase of aid to Pakistan in return for helping stop militants in the border reason.

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Kagan and Kristol Start Foreign Policy Thinktank

March 27, 2009

As post-Bush conservatives search for a new direction, Bill Kristol has teamed up with Robert Kagan to form a new think tank, The Foreign Policy Initiative.

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Obama Raised Re-Election Cash Even After Leaving Senate

March 27, 2009

President Obama continued collecting money for his 2010 Senate re-election campaign even after he resigned his seat from Illinois, including a maximum $2,300 donation the day after Christmas from a top executive of a Wall Street firm that had received a government bailout. Four contributions – $4,800 in all – were donated to the Obama […]

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TX Officer who Delayed NFL RB While Mother Died Placed on Indefinite Leave

March 27, 2009

DALLAS — A police officer was placed on administrative leave Thursday over a traffic stop involving an NFL player whom he kept in a hospital parking lot and threatened to arrest while his mother-in-law died inside the building.

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