Category: Thoughts

Are The Turkish Riots The Next Arab Spring?

Since May 31, violence and unrest have erupted in 67 of Turkey’s 81 provinces. What began as a peaceful demonstration against the planned demolition of Gezi Park quickly turned aggressive, leaving thousands injured and some dead. The government’s recent apology for its inappropriate behavior was not enough to subdue the riots, especially since the Prime Minister still plans to destroy the park.

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High-Speed Rail to Rally U.S Economy

Cheap labor in other countries around the world has negatively impacted the U.S economy and its manufacturing industries.  In some countries, the cost of labor is very cheap, which lowers the cost of manufacturing goods.  As a result of these lower costs of production, millions of manufacturing jobs have been driven out of the U.S. to nations overseas such as Bangladesh and Singapore.


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Oklahoma Tornado And The Media: I Am Not Just A Number

There are over 300 million people in the United States. One person is born every eight seconds and one person dies every 12 seconds. But, to most people, that does not really mean much. Those are just numbers. Unless you know that one person who died 12 seconds ago when you started reading this, you don’t really care.

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