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America – A Very Young Country
I recently had the opportunity to talk with a foreigner about American history. He asked how long America had been independent. Continue reading
Government Versus Corporate Power
For all its love of private enterprise, the biggest employer by far in the United States is government-run. The same holds true for China, the United Kingdom, India, and probably many other countries as well. All in all, despite the strength of the private sector, government still packs quite a punch. Continue reading
Posted in Other
Tagged companies, corporations, employment, government, private, public
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Why Do So Few Americans Immigrate to Australia?
In the minds of most Americans, Australia is a great place. The land down under has beautiful weather, a booming economy, and sights ranging from the Great Barrier Reef to kangaroos. What’s more, the culture and the language of Australia are as similar to the United States as any other country in the world, with the exception of perhaps Canada. What’s not to like about living in a country where everybody has cool accents?
Why, then, do so few Americans bother to immigrate to Australia? Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Foreign Affairs, Immigration, Other
Tagged America, Australia, demographics, Immigration, mystery
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Ebony Magazine During the Civil Rights Era
In 2008 Ebony magazine made available much of its archive, dating all the way back to 1959. The archive can be read here, and it offers a fascinating perspective on America during the past. Most magazines write from the normal perspective of the white community. Ebony, however, writes from the quite different lens of black America. This perspective is quite interesting from the viewpoint of the modern reader. Continue reading
Posted in Media, Other, Race
Tagged African-Americans, Blacks, civil rights, Ebony, magazines, past
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The Many Varieties of Arabic
If there is a gap between written and spoken English, then there is a chasm between written and spoken Arabic. Written Arabic has had centuries more time to develop than English; therefore the dialects of Arabic are far more different (and harder to comprehend for an Arabic speaker) than the different accents of English. Imagine if all French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish-speakers still wrote in modernized Latin. That’s basically the situation with Arabic today. Continue reading
Posted in Middle East, Other
Tagged Arab revolutions, Arabic, classical Arabic, spoken Arabic
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