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Something to think about over this Independence Day weekend

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This week, the Chinese unveiled the largest sea bridge in the world. It only took them four years to build this at a cost of $2.7 billion dollars. They used Chinese engineers and Chinese labor. No American intellectual capital was … Continue reading

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What Barack Obama is teaching brands and media about young consumers’ brand loyalty

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The news media is all abuzz about explanations as to why Barack Obama voters did not come out to elect Jon Corzine in New Jersey and Creigh Deeds in Virginia. It must be the Obama effect or a referendum on … Continue reading

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Dear Minority Leader John Boehner; this I fear more

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A few days ago, I saw a video of you saying that Americans most fear the US Federal Government is spending beyond it’s means and that we are leaving a mountain of debt to our kids and grandkids. (I can’t … Continue reading

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Kill the beast! The public option in health care reform

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The title of this post is taken from the lyrics of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and explains what the right is doing with the so-called public option of health care reform. Love or hate him, Robert Reich explains the … Continue reading

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Professor Gates’ case is not about race, it’s about power

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Here’s the story as printed by the Boston Globe on July 20, 2009. Here’s what I think really went on. Gates got home in the middle of the afternoon, the key got jammed in his door locking him out of … Continue reading

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Sometimes a dog is just a dog

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The New York Post issued a statement about the infamous chimp cartoon published Wednesday. (Here if you need to see it.) At the end they stated “Sometimes a cartoon is just a cartoon – even as the opportunists seek to … Continue reading

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It is not about the weather, people

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Barack Obama made one comment about schools closing because of a little bit of snow. According to the Washington Post, he said: My children’s school was canceled today… Because of what? Some ice? . . . We’re going to have … Continue reading

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