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Author: Erik Loomis

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Overseas, quite decisively. The above chart measures percentage growth in employment from U.S. multinational corporations both in the U.S. and abroad. Worldwide employment by U.S. multinational companies (MNCs) increased 1.5 percent in 2011 to 34.5 million workers, with the increase primarily reflecting increases abroad. In...

More Farina

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On July 30, 2013

An outstanding obituary of the great Dennis Farina by Alex Pappademas. Farina is one of those people who had a fairly minor career in the big scheme of things, but.

San Francisco Bleg

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On July 30, 2013
Since SEK got so many good tips on his travel post, let me ask you all for some advice. Later this week, I have a 5 hour layover in San Francisco. After taking BART from the airport and needing to get back with enough time...

Be Safe. Live in Cities

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On July 30, 2013
Despite our national culture of fearing cities and creating myths about rural America being the Heartland and such, living in a city is far safer than living in the countryside. Would be interesting to see a comparison of suburbs to inner cities.
I just finished re-reading Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio for the first time in many years. While I've been in Mexico, I've reacquainted myself with the literature of the Gilded Age, largely because I am using the Kindle feature on my ipad for the first time...
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