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Sun, July 5, 2020 | 00:34

Congress still trying to sell out America's most vulnerable workers

Congress still trying to sell out America's most vulnerable workers

The May jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics dumbfounded economists and made Wall Street analysts look foolish. Supposed experts expected that the huge job losses reflected in the April report, 20.5 million, would continue in May to the tune of 7 million Americans sidelined. Instead, the economy added 2.5 million jobs, and the unemployment rate fell to 13.3 percent...

2020-06-10 17:41

Brazil: populist pandemic

Brazil: populist pandemic

What do you do if you are in charge of dealing with the pandemic and the number of deaths is getting out of control?

2020-06-09 17:15

Iranian naval activity shines light on Caspian Sea rivalries

Iranian naval activity shines light on Caspian Sea rivalries

Iranian naval activity in the Gulf, and Turkish maritime expansion in the Eastern Mediterranean, have hogged the limelight, but Russian and Gulf policymakers are also watching with Argus eyes moves by the Islamic Republic in the Caspian Sea.

2020-06-09 17:11

In memoriam

The young Americans who came here were not always the most educated or well behaved. They, typical of the young away from home and community, sometimes caused trouble, drank too much, fought, and I'm sorry to say committed crimes against the Korean people.

2020-06-09 17:09

Redefining national security for post-pandemic world

Redefining national security for post-pandemic world

The world has spent the last 30 years trying to redefine “national security” in ways that will allow nation-states to prepare for and tackle a wider range of threats to our existence and wellbeing. Alternatively, national security has been juxtaposed with “human security,” again in an effort to focus money and energy on dangers to humanity as much as to national sovereignty.

2020-06-09 17:07

US should focus on George Floyd rather than Hong Kong

US should focus on George Floyd rather than Hong Kong

Failure is not an option for any self-respecting superpower, but history's guarantees for nations are few. For big as well as small, survival can prove a struggle. So, while humility might not be the top-ranked virtue of prudent superpowers, internalizing at least a healthy measure of it would seem wise.

2020-06-08 17:08

College football becomes political football

College football becomes political football

Swiss politicians have allowed prostitutes to open up for business. Here the ubiquitous Dr. Anthony Fauci approves of Tinder dates getting down and dirty during a pandemic. But for some reason the thought of college football players going hands-on is controversial.

2020-06-08 17:06

Beijing's Hong Kong squeeze

Beijing's Hong Kong squeeze

The crisis has been brewing for months. Storm clouds were gathering around Hong Kong's splendid bay as China's communist authorities put the vice grip squeeze on democratic Hong Kong's political rights and social freedoms. The world watched aimlessly until the United States and a few fellow democracies said “Stop.”

2020-06-05 17:03

Korean deliverymen and 'palli-palli' culture

Korean deliverymen and 'palli-palli' culture

After becoming an expat in November 2007, I had to adjust to the sight of motor-scooter food delivery men blatantly disregarding traffic laws.

2020-06-05 16:57

Trump trade deal lacks US worker protections

Trump trade deal lacks US worker protections

A few years after President Bill Clinton signed the North American Free Trade Agreement, Rolling Stone sent investigative reporter Dan Baum out to pound the pavement to learn how the globalist-hyped deal was working on both sides of the border.

2020-06-05 16:56

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