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10 things you might not know about Chinese leaders
Chicago Tribune reportersIn recent decades, China has transformed its economy into a powerhouse. Yet the communist country has doubled down on repression of its citizens. Enter Xi Jinping, who took over this month as China's leader. Few are expecting immediate reforms from this...Tags: Robert Gates, Newspapers, The Washington Post, Religion and Belief, Confucianism
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Whole Foods CEO regrets comparing 'Obamacare' to fascism
Using “fascism” to describe President Obama’s healthcare reform was “poor use of an emotionally charged word,” according to John Mackey, co-chief executive and co-founder of Whole Foods Market. In a blog post Thursday,...
Tags: Arable Farming, Nazi Party, NPR, Whole Foods Market, Barack Obama
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In China, press censorship protests continue
GUANGZHOU, China — Like wedding guests separated across the aisle, the protesters assembled on either side of a gated driveway at the headquarters of the embattled Southern Weekly newspaper. To the right, several dozen supporters of the newspaper...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Journalism, Censorship, Career and Workplace, China
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China Stands Out in 2012's Leadership Transitions
The year 2012 will go into the history books as one of contrasting transitions. China’s five- year cycle for Communist Party congresses and leadership turnover overlapped with the U.S.’s four-year electoral calendar. And if that once-in-20-...Tags: China, Egypt, Xi Jinping, Parties and Movements, Bill Clinton
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Whole Foods, partial retraction
Change of SubjectTechnically speaking, it’s more like fascism. Socialism is where the government owns the means of production. In fascism, the government doesn’t own the means of production, but they do control it, and that’s what’s happening... -
Going back home to Poland
When communism fell, it felt like the door of a cage sprang open. Young and filled with a restless energy, three friends who had grown up in Poland yearned to travel and explore. Perhaps nowhere held more allure than America. Nowhere in America had...
Tags: Migration, Chicago Tribune, European Union, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants
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Letters to the Editor - Nov. 26
Democracy is a theory yet to be disproved To the editor: Watching the election returns on television reminded me why I migrated to this country a few years ago. I am proud to be an American. We are a country that is so big, so great, so diverse and...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), White House, Suez Canal, Elections, Petroleum Industry
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Mo Yan's 'Pow!' packs a punch, however veiled
-------------------- Pow! A novel Mo Yan, translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt Seagull Books: 386 pp., $27.50 -------------------- This year's Nobel laureate in literature is an author who somehow manages to write books with brazenly...Tags: Entertainment Events, China, Philosophy, Religion and Belief, Authors
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Meritocracy is ruining America, says pundit Chris Hayes
Chris Hayes, an editor at large of The Nation and host of the talk show bearing his name on MSNBC, was raised in a working-class neighborhood but attended some of the most exclusive schools on the planet. "I grew up in the Bronx," says the affable, 33-...
Tags: Talk Shows (genre), Book, Occupy Wall Street, MSNBC (tv network), Enoch Pratt Free Library
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Disdain all around
WASHINGTON — While accusing the Supreme Court’s conservative justices of "disdain for democracy," Pamela S. Karlan proves herself talented at dispensing disdain. The Stanford law professor is, however, less talented at her chosen task of...Tags: The Washington Post, Microsoft Corporation, Elections, Planned Parenthood, George Will
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Allan Powell: American elites betray our trust
It was with great anticipation that I waited for the arrival of “Twilight of the Elites,” written by Christopher Hayes. One can only be amazed at his gifts in orchestrating his two-hour program every Saturday and Sunday morning. It is no...Tags: Chris Hayes, Politics
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Most looked-up words of 2012
"Socialism" and "capitalism" were the two most frequently looked-up words at Merriam-Webster.com this year. Then why are so many people still using them wrong? Har har! OK, that's not that funny. Nor is it the point. "We're not the schoolmarms of...
Tags: Paul Ryan, Politics, Joe Biden
Nov 25, 2012
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Jan 17, 2013
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Jan 9, 2013
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Dec 27, 2012
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Jan 17, 2013
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Jan 13, 2013
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Nov 26, 2012
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Dec 14, 2012
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Jan 7, 2013
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Dec 30, 2012
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Nov 23, 2012
|Story| Herald Mail
Dec 12, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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