Empire State Building Turns Red-yellow for China’s 60th

“New York’s iconic Empire State Building will light up red and yellow Wednesday in honor of the 60th anniversary of communist China.  The Chinese consul, Peng Keyu, and other officials will take part in the lighting ceremony which will bathe

Armenia, with a population of three million, has won the last two men’s world team chess championships, beating opponents including Russia, China, and the US. What is their secret? David Edmonds travelled to the country to find out.
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James Joyner:

My New Atlanticist essay “Australia Prepares for U.S. Decline” discusses a recent Aussie white paper that is generating much discussion in the foreign policy wonkosphere.  Basically, they see a rapidly rising China and a United States

Arthur Brooks, at  The Wall Street Journal suggests that there’s a bit of a culture war going on about the future of capitalism.  The headline suggests that “The Real Culture War Is Over Capitalism “

There is a major cultural

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It has become quite obvious why Barack Obama has never released his college transcripts.   Obama is dumber than a hod of bricks, Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers:

WASHINGTON – The deepening recession is taking a slight toll on President Barack

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 Let’s see.-

Market tanking. Check.

Government growing. Check.

Industry failing. Check.

Our government bound and determined to

Barack Obama doesn’t like freedom, democracy, or dissent.    As further evidence,  BO has hired one Carl Freeman, Israel Matzav:

What the left is unable to do is defend Freeman’s views on China, where he unapologetically supports the bloody crackdown

OK, I know that by now a lot of you either saw or read though this speech of Obama’s, and so it’s old news. But I’ve seen nobody rip through this thing point by point. I can understand why… with