Archives

Use Google to search the Newsburglar.

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?

    • Monthly Archives
    NOVEMBER 2008
    OCTOBER 2008
    SEPTEMBER 2008
    AUGUST 2008
    JULY 2008
    JUNE 2008
    MAY 2008
    APRIL 2008
    MARCH 2008
    FEBRUARY 2008
    JANUARY 2008
    DECEMBER 2007
    NOVEMBER 2007
    OCTOBER 2007

    Popularity: 1% [?]

    Adsense