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HannahB on August 17th, 2011

Outcasts United (Spiegel & Grau, 2009) by Warren St. John tells, as the book’s subtitle says, of “an American town, a refugee team, and one woman’s quest to make a difference.” As the Washington Post’s book review stat…

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BenB on January 1st, 2011

While you were dreaming of a big box wrapped with a bow on top sitting under a heavily adorned tree, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) — which was signed between Obama and Russian President Dimitry Medvedev earlier this year — was ratified by the Senate. Now it’s official, we will reduce our [...]

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BenB on December 11th, 2010

What is economics? It’s such a simple yet complicated and multi-faceted question. In order to know what economics is, you must know what an economy is. Thomas Sowell in his book Basic Economics explains, “Perhaps most of us think of an economy as a system for the production and distribution of the goods and services [...]

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BenB on October 13th, 2010

The Economist tells us that they aim to, “take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress.” Which side are they on? The Economist is widely accepted to be one of the best sources for international events abroad. But having read their magazines, I often [...]

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BenB on September 12th, 2010

President Obama officially announced that that United States will be pulling out of Iraq on August 31 in the Oval Office. But in his speech he seemed to have confused goals and ideas. Both in his address’ to the troops at Fort Bliss and in the Oval Office, he stated that the war in Iraq [...]

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