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Almost exactly two years ago I wrote about Senator Elizabeth Warren’s heroic quest to destroy Amazon’s acquisition of iRobot. You might be familiar with iRobot; they are the maker of the robotic “Roomba” vacuum cleaner, and Amazon wanted to buy it for more than $1 billion. Well, Lizzie Warren wasn’t
In the year 578 AD, a Korean immigrant named Shigemitsu Kongo arrived in Japan at the invitation of the royal family. Buddhism was flourishing, and the Japanese needed someone who knew how to build temples. Kongo was their man. He founded a construction company—Kongō Gumi—that would go on to build
When my Ukrainian wife and I got married several years ago, one of the first things we had to do was apply for her US residency visa so that we could continue living in Puerto Rico. The process was overly bureaucratic and cumbersome… and there is ample room to reform
In the early 2000s as my time in the military was winding down, I had the opportunity to spend a few months of ‘terminal leave’ in Europe. I had just completed a couple of tours in Middle East, so, for me, Europe felt like the pinnacle of civilization. Twenty years
In the ancient town of Casinum—modern-day Cassino, Italy—parts of a Roman amphitheater still stand after nearly 2,000 years. Carved into the stone, in Latin, is an inscription that translates to: “Ummidia Quadratilla, daughter of Caius, built the amphitheatre and temple for the people of Casinum at her expense.” Ummidia Quadratilla
Every January, a consulting firm called the Eurasia Group releases its annual “Top Risks” report—required reading in corporate boardrooms. That’s because the firm’s founder, Ian Bremmer, is a CNN and MSNBC regular. His chairman, Cliff Kupchan, is a former Clinton State Department official. They’re about as establishment (i.e. leftist) as
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