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A Rivalry Worth Seeing
Category: Museums Today Published: May 2011
"Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals" presents dazzling cityscapes that represent the best view painters of Venice--each responding to the city in his own way.
 
America's Nuclear Meltdown Towards "Global Zero" Lavina Lee
Category: The World Today Published: May 2011
The Obama Administration ought to ensure that, in making moves toward zero, the U.S. will, in fact, receive concrete, reciprocal concessions from China and India regarding their own nuclear disarmament. . . .
 
An Industrialist for the Ages Edward J. Reis
Category: USA Yesterday Published: May 2011
When we flip on a light switch, the miracle of alternating current stays w/ us. Locomotives still are stopped by air brakes. The ride in our cars remain cushioned by compressed air. The list of George Westinghouse's patents goes on and on.
 
Appreciating and Protecting Your Family Heirlooms John Paolini
Category: Life in America Published: May 2011
While most investors in precious metals may track prices closely on a daily basis, they are unlikely to consider how much their jewelry, silverware, and other collectibles have appreciated in value.
 
Be a Volunteer--Anywhere in the World Peter M. Slowe
Category: Americans Abroad Published: May 2011
Through placement organizations, students can arrange to care for children in an orphanage in Ghana, build homes in South Africa, or uncover an ancient Inca settlement.
 
Budgetary Savings from Military Restraint Benjamin H. Friedman , Christopher Preble
Category: America's Armed Forces Published: May 2011
"The idea that the U.S. should use it military to secure rich states in perpetuity, arrest disorder in several poor ones simultaneously, ensure global stability, and spend the better part of one trillion dollars a year to those ends" must cease.
 
China, Russia, and Islam: A Triple Threat to U.S. Safety Brian T. Kennedy
Category: Foreign Affairs Published: May 2011
Whatever kind of self-deception has gripped the architects of our current defense policies, they must understand that American people don't wish to be subject to Sharia law, owe large sums of money to the Chinese or be kept vulnerable to nuclear missiles
 
Empowering Your Athletic Abilities Cathal O'Briain
Category: Sportscene Published: May 2011
Hypnosis has been proven a useful tool for overcoming mental and physical obstacles, because it paints a clear picture in the subconsious of what success looks and feels like, and how it should be replicated into reality.
 
Entitlements Gone Wild Michael Tanner
Category: The Federal Budget Published: May 2011
It may well be politically convenient to continue ducking entitlement reform, but doing so will condemn our children and grandchildren to a world of mounting debt and higher taxes.
 
Fighting Headaches with Hormones Kent Holtorf
Category: Medicine & Health Published: May 2011
There are various types of headaches, as well as considerable overlap of classifications and effective therapies.
 
Obama Gives Laissez Faire Its Last Rites James W. Thomson
Category: Economics Published: May 2011
"The anti-business and -economic growth opinions held by the current Administration are mirrored by punitive business tax rates and stringent environmental regulations, spurring many firms to transfer their operations to other countries. . . ."
 
Revving Up Your Springtime Supplements Steven V. Joyal
Category: Health & Fitness Published: May 2011
Science has been focusing on the energy powerhouse contained in natural supplements, which can help kick your body into high gear, elevating natural energy reserves and providing protection against harmful environmental toxins.
 
Robo-Warfare Is the Answer to Terrorism Jonathan W. Emord
Category: Science & Technology Published: May 2011
"Life as a terrorist [soon] will be short-lived . . . Not due to suicide or capture, but because all who terrorize will be hunted down relentlessly until killed by faceless robotic warriors who need not feed, rest, nor expose Americans to high risks."
 
Too Thin for Comfort Sebastian Thaler
Category: Medicine & Health Published: May 2011
A red-blooded medical challenge: creating a safer treatment to counteract the effect of blood thinners.
 
Turning the Tables on Iran C. Stolle Singleton
Category: Worldview Published: May 2011
"The U.S. role on the global stage and standing in the Middle East will be determined by its ability to confront Iran, as the Islamic Republic challenges the willpower of the U.S. and its allies, and the world inches closer to a tipping point in history."
 
Washington Think Tanks Had Better Start Thinking Harder--and Fast Murray Weidenbaum
Category: National Affairs Published: May 2011
"Think tanks should be an antidote to the oversimplified sloganeering that dominates today's public policy debates."
 
Watching Our Money Float Away Seth Lipsky
Category: Business & Finance Published: May 2011
". . . A growing number of states, watching the sickening plunge in the value of Federal money, are starting to explore how they can set up monetary systems based on gold or silver coins."
 
Whatever Is Necessary Howard M. Guttman
Category: Behavioral Science Published: May 2011
Change at a personal level ultimately involves a fundamental choice. People can choose how they behave.
 
Whitewashing the I-35W Bridge Collapse Barry B. LePatner
Category: Infrastructure Published: May 2011
Though it fell almost four years ago, questions still remain about the exact causes of the tragedy--and the National Transportation Safety Board's report has done little to provide real answers for the worried public.