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Obama’s Legacy in the Gulf: Despite Disgruntlement, US Remains Indispensable
To Saudi Arabia and its Arab partners of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the United States in six years of Barack Obama’s presidency has become as unpredictable and unreliable as it is indispensable. When President Obama passes the baton in 2017, it is likely that he will not be recalled ...
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Can Nidaa Tounes Party Lead Tunisia?
Tunisia will hold its first presidential elections on Sunday, Nov. 23. Main candidates include former Interim Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi of the Nidaa Tounes Party, Moncef Marzouki of the Congress for the Republic (CPR), and Mustapha Kamel Nabli, a former governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia.
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Obama Holds Upper Hand on Immigration: Analysis
President Barack Obama has the upper hand in the fierce struggle over immigration now taking shape, with a veto pen ready to kill any Republican move to reverse his executive order, Democrats united behind him and GOP congressional leaders desperate to squelch talk of a government shutdown or even impeachment.
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The Cult of Kiddie Danger
The Richland, WA, school district is phasing out swings on its playgrounds due to safety concerns. Ah yes, those dangling doom machines. All they sow is death and despair.
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Is the Obama Presidency Over?
Is the Obama presidency over? This has been the burning question on the lips of many Washington DC pundits and beltway insiders in the wake of devastating Democratic midterm election losses.
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Why Finland’s Kids Often Top League Tables
When looking at large-scale international studies and comparisons of education systems worldwide, everyone’s always talking about Finland. Finland seems to set the benchmark for education worldwide. Foreign educational experts, delegations of teachers, and educational politicians flock to the departments of teacher education in Finnish universities, as well as schools. So ...
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The Rise and Fall of Adult Education in California
The lingering recession caught up with adult schools in 2012. The California state legislature changed its way of funding adult education.
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We Are St. Louis, Too
Dear America, Heartbroken. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s Ferguson Commission is heartbreaking. Ferguson cannot be a black and white issue figuratively or literally.
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Are We Facing Another Financial Crisis?
Taken at face value, David Cameron’s warning this week about risks in the global economy sounds like it might be wonderfully prescient. Here’s the country’s economic chauffeur, carefully checking his instrument gauges, and sure enough, sees the same signs today that should have given us warning of the crisis of ...
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What Makes a Terrorist Stop Being a Terrorist?
"Feet first." That's how one terrorist leader told recruits was the only way out. It makes sense. Allowing members to just walk away wouldn't be good for the group's image.
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Letter to a Manhattan Resident
I am a resident of Greenwich Village in Manhattan. Recently, I received a letter from an oddly named group calling itself “The Rest of the Country.” Since the letter is not addressed specifically to me, I thought the senders wouldn’t mind if I shared it more widely.
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The Book That Is Changing China Is Ten Years Old
Over 180 million Chinese have renounced all ties with the Party since Epoch Times published the editorial series called “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party.”
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Former Chinese Diplomat Supports ‘Nine Commentaries’
After speaking to rally in Sydney, Australia celebrating the tenth anniversary of the publication of the “Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party,” former Chinese diplomat Chen Yonglin spoke to Epoch Times about how this book can help people see through the Party’s façade.