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Trickle down? Where? When?
Ask any economist. Trickle down from wealth at the top is a fine theory but where and when does it...
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Kissing up to Chairman Mao
Harare, Zimbabwe. Our admiration for Chairman Mao, architect of China's Cultural Revolution from 1949 to 1976, is boundless. We have...
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Railroad to nowhere
China, the master of rail and bullet trains, has offered to step in and fix it. Don’t hold your breath....
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How to be a good bedfellow
Putin is our pal. As is Xi Jinping. So is the Supreme Leader in the crucible of radical fundamentalism, Iran....
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Popcorn Syndrome wins again. Or does it?
It's like popcorn. Hot it up, it gloriously shows itself and then it's gone before the end of the movie....
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The curse of interesting times …
May you live in interesting times! This started out as a...
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Poverty strikes, but not for everyone
Five cops have been caught after demanding a "free passage" bribe to let a truck proceed on a highway east...
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All about pigs
You can't fatten a pig on market day. That's a cry heard around election manifestos that offer a variety of ...
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See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
Does anyone follow this eyes-ears-mouth wisdom that originated in ancient Japan? It is especially hard to do in this grim...
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