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The Motion Picture Association of America has launched a highly informative website (link below) providing extensive state-by-state data on the film industry. Among other interesting observations, the folks over at MPA point
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I’ve always been a Republican and will likely always be one. Bet’s let’s just say the Party isn’t making it easy for guys like me. I’m all for sensible tax reform and cutting the deficit. But when it comes wasting time
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In the wake of what seemed to be last week’s surprisingly successful elections, I was slightly optimistic that a turning-point might be at hand. Nevertheless, as this piece illustrates, Pakistan’s internal problems
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Sorry folks . . . But this one isn’t going away anytime soon. More Mystery Over AP Subpoenas Process at Justice Department,” Politico, 5/16/2013
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“China Cracks Down on ‘Over the the Top’ anti-Japan Dramas,” Reuters, 5/16/2013
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Some Highlights: Italy is experiencing its longest recession in more than 40 years. National debt is now about 127% of annual economic output, second only to Greece in the Eurozone. Unemployment is at a record high of 11.5% and
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Simply a brilliant piece of investigative journalism by Times business reporter, Paul Sullivan. The broader message here is the overwhelming importance of transparency in financial transactions. Although this article primarily
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Note: Submitted by Guest Blogger James Berger (James is an attorney, member of the ABA’s New York White Collar Crime Committee and public affairs partner at the firm McLean/Clark LLC) Among the endless parade of scandals
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Honestly, if endless images like this (stuff that everyone knows is essentially the Middle East’s version of baseball), is the best the GOP can do to get Hillary, we have some real issues to deal with. Even if the original
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An interesting take on the gun debate . . . A Southern political strategist, a former President and the daughter of a Newtown school shooting victim all agree: “On Wednesday, former President Bill Clinton delivered the
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Like everyone else, I was shocked and disturbed by the recent tragic events in Boston. I couldn’t be more grateful to the heroic police officers who did such an amazing job at bringing the terrorists to justice (one of them
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Just a quick thought on this one today. I’ve been watching the Senate debate immigration reform and find myself wondering how some of these jokers possibly got elected. Our border is more secure than ever before. Fewer
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Having worked in Albany, I know a thing or two about dysfunctional government and, while it’s admittedly hard to do, Albany may well even beat out the United States Congress on that score. Nevertheless, the alternative isn’t
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Closely examine European economic policy. Then just do exactly the opposite. Repeat. ‘Nuff said. — Frazer Rice
• Deep Thought for the Day •
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Looking at the current situation in the Middle East, whether it’s the so-called Arab spring, the seemingly endless violence in Syria, our nation’s longest war in Afghanistan or the ever-intractable Arab-Israeli conflict, I