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28 May 2025

Can the Swiss Model of Gun Ownership Solve America’s Crisis?

Switzerland’s armed neutrality and emphasis on education, collective rights, and demilitarized constabulary have created a peaceful gun culture, which could be a model for the US.

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09 Apr 2025

Tourists Are Cancelling Trips to the US – Here’s How This Could Affect the Economy

International tourists are cancelling trips to the US due to a perceived unwelcoming political climate, border issues, and visa and trade wars, which could result in a US$18 billion annual reduction in tourist spending in 2025.

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03 Feb 2020

The Deep Historical Roots of America’s Opioid Crisis

by Charles Irwell During the trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor, I happened to be at my mother’s house. We watched a news report that detailed the extent of Jackson’s pharmaceutical drug addiction. My mother, a proud NHS nurse of 40 years, shook her head in incredulity at the drugs Jackson’s physician

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01 Jan 2020

The New Roaring Twenties: Welcome to the Revolution

One hundred years ago, women were just about to win the fight to ratify the 19th amendment and what followed was a cultural manifestation of that new independence. It was an opulent display bordering on hedonism, where opium and sexuality dripped as hair and dresses shortened. It was a time

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28 Apr 2014

Chilling in Chelsea: One Star Bar

Photo from Yelp.com It’s a known fact that your experience in a bar is different when you’re 21 than when you’re 31. I now view going to bars as an opportunity to bond with the few friends I have left instead of getting trashed with a bunch of acquaintances who

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10 Apr 2014

Searching for Sports in Hipster-Land: The East Village

Photo from thehorseboxnyc.com If you’re a sports fan like me, I’m sure it happens to you all the time: Your friends are dying to try that new lounge/bistro/dive in [insert newly gentrified NYC neighborhood here] but all you want to do is sit back with a cheap cold one and

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15 Sep 2010

The Talking Heads As Told by Puppets

It’s pretty simple logic: two separate awesome things become more awesome when combined. Examples: tubbed frosting spread on a graham cracker, cross-breeds of dogs, puppets and the Talking Heads, etc. Sinking Ship Productions has nailed the later combination for their eighth installment of Puppet Playlist. Puppet Playlist is bi-monthly show

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08 Sep 2010

FREE Knitting Classes at the Brooklyn Yarn Cafe

Winter would be easier if we were all bears, because then we could sleep away several months. Instead, we humans have to find ways to entertain ourselves to avoid winter madness, like watching the entire series of Arrested Development in a three-week span, reading the books we’ve been carrying around

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