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AFGHANISTAN

  • Michael Yon on Afghanistan

  • Winning Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan

  • Why Afghanistan is Different Than Iraq

  • 10,000 Foreign Fighters in Pakistan

  • Is Kashmir the Key to Stability in the Middle East?

    • BUSINESS

  • Top Business Books of 2008

  • Use the Current Crisis to buy Microsoft, Apple and Google

    • CHICAGO

  • I’ve Been Workin’ on the Railroad…

    • CHICAGO HISTORY

  • The Armour Incubator Baby

  • Philip Armour, Packing Houses and Globalization

  • Philip Armour’s Grave and Obituary

  • The Assassination of Carter H. Harrison, Mayor of Chicago, 1893

  • George Pullman’s Grave and Obituary

  • Deadstyles of Chicago’s Rich and Famous: Cyrus McCormick

  • Panorama View of the World’s Columbian Exposition

  • The Getty Tomb and the Ryerson Mausoleum

  • Graceland Cemetery: Daniel Burnham’s Final Green Space

  • Tinker to Evers to Chance: Baseball’s Sad Lexicon

  • Chicago’s World’s Fair: The Remains of the Day

    • EDUCATION

  • How Do American Students Compare to the Rest of the World?

  • The Nation’s Math Report Card: How Do Seventeen Year-Olds Compare to Their Predecessors?

  • A Nation at Risk: American Public Education in the 1970’s

  • Higher Education and Immigration

  • Comparing United States High School Graduation Rates and Chicago Public Schools

  • Chicago Public Schools: Some Basic Facts

  • The Nation’s Report Card: No A’s, But No F’s Either

  • Test Your Eighth Grade Math!!

    • ELECTION

  • It Wasn’t the Economy, Stupid

  • Wednesday Morning Quarterback

  • Thoughts I Think I Think About the Election

  • Voter Turnout and Participation Rates Rise in a Close Election

    • ENERGY

  • How Viable is Renewable Energy?

  • Can the Electric Car Save the American Way of Life?

  • What Percentage of Energy Consumed in the United States is Currently From Renewables?

  • Carbon Sequestration. Of Jet Emissions?

  • Professor David MacKay’s View of Future Britain’s Energy Use

  • The Economics of Wind Power in the United States: Can We Get to 300 GW by 2030?

  • The Solar Pipe Dream?

  • World Energy Consumption Per Capita

  • Dealing With the Intermittency of Wind and Solar Power

    • ENVIRONMENT

  • Math With Environmental Implications

  • Responding to the Threat of Climate Change

  • The Hyperion Oil Refinery: NIMBYISM in Small Town America?

  • On Zombie Alligators, Global Warming and Occam’s Razor

  • Reusable Bags: Disposing the Disposable Plastic Bag?

    • THE INTERNET

  • The Internet Amazes Me

  • Net Neutrality and the Future of the Internet Part 4: The Internet Will Not Be the Primary Means of Video Delivery to Your Television

  • Net Neutrality and the Future of the Internet Part 3: Media Consumption

  • Net Neutrality and the Future of the Internet (Part 2: The 1996 Telecom Act)

  • The Cable Industry Battles Big Media. But Not For the Benefit of Consumers

  • A La Carte Cable: Do You Know How Much You Pay a Month For ESPN?

  • Net Neutrality and the Future of the Internet (Part 1)

  • Zell to Sell Wrigley Naming Rights? Not With This Grease Monkey Script!

  • The Evolution of Brand Advertising. Its Still About Trust

    • FOREIGN POLICY

  • The 2008 Election is a Historical Inflection Point: Will the U.S. Change Direction?

  • The United States Has the Means to Lead the World

  • The United States Has the Motive to Engage the World

  • Why I Did Support the Iraq Invasion

  • What I Didn’t Think About the Iraq Invasion

  • Lessons in History: A Newsburglar Survey on the Cold War, the Iraq Invasion and the 2008 Election (Part 1)

  • Robert Kagan on “The September 12 Paradigm”

  • Why Europe and the United States Can Never Be Equal Partners

  • The NATO Alliance: Europe Should Take Responsibility For Its Own Defense

  • Pooty Poot Putin. Stability in Russia is Not a Threat to the West

  • Latin America is Growing Up. The United States Should Enjoy It.

  • History and Politics of Lebanon: What to do About Hezbollah?

  • The Loss of China: The Role of Myth in American History

  • The PRC, Taiwan and the One China Policy

    • GOVERNMENT

  • Take Back the Senate, Repeal the Seventeenth Amendment
  • Average Federal Tax Rates, by Income Percentile

  • Who is the Real Leader of Iran?

  • Is Government Spending Really Out of Control?

  • Sarbanes-Oxley: What We’ve Learned From Regulating Too Quickly

  • Illegal Immigrants and Crime

    • HEALTH

  • Do You Know What You’re Eating?
  • The Relationship Between Dietary Cholesterol and Blood Cholesterol Levels
  • High Blood Pressure: Its Not Sodium, Its the Potassium
  • What You Need to Know About the Farm Bill
  • Change One Thing About Your Diet
  • Information Cascades: How Other People’s Decisions Affect Your Diet
  • Restricted Calorie Diets Can Extend Your Life
  • Coke’s Deceptive Marketing Practices
  • Health Info You Need to Know Before Drinking Glaceau VitaminWater

    • IRAQ

  • How Did Iraq War Veterans Fair in the 2008 Election?

  • Victory in Iraq Affects Our Negotiations With Iran as Well
  • Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address: Lessons For Iraq
  • Iraq Must “Win” Withdrawal Negotiations
  • Obama On The Surge
  • Summary of International Crisis Group’s Report on the Sunni Landscape in Iraq

    • MIDDLE EAST

  • Iran Threatens to Photoshop Israel Off the Map
  • Fun With Maps: Understanding How Iran Sees the World
  • Nukes Can’t Bring Down the Indian Goverment

    • MCCAIN

  • In My Opinion, An Absolutely Devastating McCain Ad
  • Obama and McCain Working Together Like Bosom Buddies

    • MEDIA

  • More on Palin, The Unedited Transcript

    • NERD

  • If Barack Obama is Luke SkyWalker, Does That Make John McCain the Emperor?
  • We Didn’t Start the Fire, Extended Remix
  • Ronald Reagan Was Funny
  • I Just Don’t Understand the Pessimism. Stop With the Negative Waves.
  • Only in the United States Senate
  • BSG: Who Is the Fifth Cylon?
  • BSG: Who Can It Be Now?
  • Let’s Move On to More Important Things: BSG
  • Costume Suggestions for Halloween 2008

    • OBAMA

  • Obama on Election Night

  • Front Page News: Obama Coverage Throughout the Country

  • Next Time You Go to Europe, Try Not to Embarrass Barack Obama
  • Why Does Barack Obama Hate Me Just Because I’m Young?
  • Examining Barack Obama’s Legislative Record
  • Campaign Finance Reform, Free Speech and Bill Ayers
  • Reagan, Obama and Appeasement
  • An Analysis of Barack Obama’s Position on Social Security Reform
  • Analyzing the History of Barack Obama’s Opposition to War in Iraq
  • Barack Obama On the Issues: Defense
  • Barack Obama on The Issues: Civil Rights

    • PALIN

  • More on Palin, The Unedited Transcript
  • Palin Interview Quick Hits
  • Palin and the Bridge to Nowhere
  • Sarah Palin With Charlie Gibson

    • PHILANTHROPY

  • International Philanthropy: Does the United States Do Enough?

    • POETRY

  • Matsuo Basho’s Most Famous Haiku

  • Election Day, November 1884 by Walt Whitman (from Leaves of Grass, 1892)

  • The Right to Grief, A Poem by Carl Sandburg

  • Halstead Street Car, by Carl Sandburg

  • A Coin, by Carl Sandburg

  • Clark Street Bridge by Carl Sandburg

  • Chicago, By Carl Sandburg

    • SHORT STORIES

  • The Happy Prince, by Oscar Wilde

  • The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe

  • “Just Lather, That’s All” by Hernando Tellez
  • The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
  • The Bet, by Anton Chekhov

    • SPORTS

  • Manchester United Has a New Sponsor!!
  • 2010 FIFA World Cup: Where the United States Stands
  • 1991 World Track and Field Championships: The Greatest Long Jump Duel Ever
  • As the Beijing Olympics Approach, Looking Back at the 1988 Seoul Olympics Games
  • Why Are Only Three Year Old Horses Allowed to Race in the Kentucky Derby?
  • On Clemens, Steroids and Relationships
  • College Football Recruiting: Kids Have Changed, So Have Coaches.
  • Yanks Abroad: Americans Seek Soccer Success Overseas
  • Grading the Clemens’ Hearing Committee Members
  • The Clemens Hearing: One of Them Lied. But Who?
  • When I Wake Up, I Expect that Roger Clemens Will Be Lying Under Oath to Congress
  • Ten Facts You Can Use to Taunt a University of Michigan Basketball Fan.

    • SUPREME COURT

  • Richard Posner Opines on the Supreme Court
  • SCOTUS: The Justices and Their Clerks Provide a Unique Decision Making Process
  • What Constitutes Profanity on Television Today?

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