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Ghost Mall

Thursday, January 8, 2009

I can’t walk outside because the streets and sidewalks are filled with ice and snow and there are only so many laps I can do around my house. Last night we went to the Chestnut Hill Mall so I could walk for an extended period and build up leg strength. We arrived at the Mall [...]

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Equal time

Monday, June 2, 2008

A large part of John McCain’s media persona is his reputation for “Straight Talk.” This video shows McCain flatly contradicting and lying about his own prior statements: McCain’s YouTube Problem. As troubling as his dissembling is McCain’s palpable discomfort in dealing economic issues. He is scarily out of his depth. A week ago Barack Obama [...]

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Trade Polls

Monday, February 25, 2008

A friend sent me a link to a compendium of polls an American views of the economy and foreign trade: http://www.pollingreport.com/trade.htm. There’s a lot of information but even a brief look reveals how we perceive our role in the world economy. Many Americans fear China, free trade, and global competition and would like to erect [...]

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