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The Myth that Hugo Chávez Controls Venezuela’s Media
One belief that many well-educated Americans have is that Venezuela’s government controls its media. According to this belief, this is the reason why Hugo Chávez continuously wins elections. Since all...
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Tourism in the United States
A lot of people visit America. According to the latest estimates, about sixty million people came in 2011. One interesting way to track tourism in America, and by association the country’s openness, is...
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A Typical Example of Leftism in Latin America
One of the best ways to learn about the politics of different places is to read their newspapers. To that extent, I recently had the pleasure of reading a Bolivian newspaper supportive of, or published...
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A History of the United States Economy (in Pictures)
The United States economy is a subject that is very much on the mind of Americans today. It’s also a very obviously influential part of the world; the American consumer market, for instance, often sets...
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Three Important Moments in America’s Economic History (in Pictures)
The previous post looked at the economic history of the United States over the past two centuries. In that post, what stood out most was the fact that the economy of the United States has always been...
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Idiocy at the State Department
Why in English? I recently had the opportunity to watch a presentation by the State Department. Making the presentation was an intense, broad-shouldered diplomat. He talked about his recent posting in...
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What Foreign Language Do North Koreans Learn? English!
North Korea has been in the news in the past few days and weeks. Most of the attention has been negative; tensions have risen between North Korea and the United States. Not that this is new. The two...
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Japan’s Strange Isolation, and How It Hurts Us and Japan
Japan is one of the world’s most advanced economies. In some ways, however, its economy is quite isolated. This is a result of both geography and history. Japan is both an island alone and a former...
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Did You Know that the United Kingdom Censored Animal Farm? Here’s Why:
Animal Farm is one of the most famous tracts of the 20th century. It’s a prescient warning against totalitarianism. Its influence is such that phrases such as “All animals are equal, but some animals...
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Do Tourists Get Sick When They Visit the United States?
It’s a common thing when Americans visit other countries. They get sick. An American visits a friend in a foreign country, consumes everything on the plate her friend has prepared (out of politeness,...
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How Japanese and Americans Save Differently
In America a dollar today is worth much less than a dollar in 1980. Americans marvel at how much cheaper things used to be in the past, when Coca-Cola and movies only cost five cents. In Japan the...
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