Monday, September 5, 2016

An Amish Saturday

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It’s not every day I have a roadside conversation with a barefoot farmer. But yesterday was not just another summer Saturday. Here’s what h...
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Sunday, November 22, 2015

Sailing from "Inner Harbor" to Crime Fiction Writing

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Since 2010, I have written a blog called "Inner Harbor." The posts tend to be a vehicle for my reactions to current events. I typi...
Sunday, July 19, 2015

Chinese Firm Purchases Spanish "Ghost" Airport

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It's hard to imagine a developed nation having an abandoned airport capable of handling transcontinental flights. Yet, that's the ca...
Sunday, July 5, 2015

Billboard report: US Users' Music Streaming Doubled From Prior Year

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Theverge.com  summarized a story originally appearing in billboard.com  regarding music streaming in the United States. The gist is that ...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Obama's Third Gitmo Closure Envoy: Is Third Time the "Closing" Charm?

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Among the sore points in US-Cuban political relations is Guantanamo Bay. The military base rankles Cubans; the terror prison rankles the wor...
Monday, June 29, 2015

Puerto Rico Near Financial "Death Spiral"

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In February, 2014, I blogged about Puerto Rico's impending fiscal disaster and its impact on the US municipal bond market.  The financ...
Friday, June 26, 2015

Sikh Immigrants Seek Stabilty, Success in Italy's Parmesan Region

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Donald Trump (Image: guardian.co.uk ) The zeitgeist against useful immigration policies reached its most absurd, bigoted level this mont...
Monday, June 22, 2015

Key Murdoch Minion Tapped for Top Newark Public Schools Job

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Newark, New Jersey has a long history of "troubled" public schools. All the king's men and all the king's horses have not ...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

YouTube Launches Newswire Team to Curate Eyewitness Footage of News

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Google's YouTube has, for better or worse, become a significant, primary news source. The ability of a person-in-the-street to provide...