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...Benjamin M. Friedman’s April 6th lecture, “The Economic and Financial Crisis: Also a Moral Threat,” suggested that anti-immigration policy in the U.S. was correlated with times of economic downturn. Italy is certainly facing a rough economy. Just two weeks ago the The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development released a report stating that the organization did not see an end in sight to the Italian recession. Following Friedman’s hypothesis, it would make sense that xenophobic tendencies might rear their ugly heads right about...
...Golden State's budget problems are hardly new. The seeds of them were planted more than 30 years ago...
Attention, the 160 million or so owners of an Apple iPod MP3 player: take out those white earbuds and listen for a second. Before the iPod became ubiquitous - way, way before - there was the Walkman. The portable cassette players, first introduced 30 years ago this week, sold a cumulative 200 million units, rocked the recording industry and fundamentally changed how people experienced music. Sound familiar? (See TIME's list of the most influential gadgets and gizmos...
Biden's team informed states and localities months ago to scrub their wish lists of anything that might be seen as unnecessary or wasteful. White House officials were happy to sign off on bridge repairs and roadwork on busy intersections and new runway signals for strapped airports. But they have spent a lot of time trying to kill projects that sound like red alerts on Fox News: a plan for military-cemetery headstone-straightening was scrapped, as was a request for a $10,000 refrigerator to house fish sperm in South Dakota. Gone too was $7 million for Interior Department...
...Deira would be a classy hotel anywhere. But part of its allure is its sheer contrast with the rest of Gaza, which has been ravaged by three years of economic blockade, a fratricidal war among Palestinians and, seven months ago, a full-bore Israeli air, land and sea assault that lasted 22 days. After traversing Gaza's blasted urban landscape, you arrive at the hotel like a desert wanderer plunging his head into oasis waters. With its cool shadows and an inner courtyard trapping pools of light, the Al Deira has an Ottoman elegance. You're led to your room...