by Gabriel Saez
Tony Soprano: It’s good to be in something from the ground floor. I came too late for that, I know. But lately I’m getting the feeling that I came in at the end. The best is over.
Dr. Melfi: Many Americans, I think, feel that way. …
Inside Out
Decline in Style
If Your Best Days Are in the Past, America, You Have Much to Learn From Argentina
November 27, 2011Inside Out: Archives
Ah-nold’s Love Boat
In the Governator's Hometown, the Romance Endures
On September 15, 2011
By Werner Kopacka
“What a great day it has been!” he said with a broad smile, when he stepped into the car that would take him back to the airport of Graz.
The date was June 21st, 2011 and Arnold Schwarzenegger had come back to Thal, the place where he was born, and where he had spent the first 18 years of his life…
You Don’t Scare Us, Terrorists
How Norway Kept Calm and Carried On
On September 8, 2011
by Bruno Kaufmann
When I boarded the plane in Stockholm to fly to Oslo recently, no one asked me to show my ID. This stunned me–all the more so when I noticed the Swedish Crown Princess Vitoria and her husband Daniel boarding the same plane…
Slow Rail Movement
America's Trains are a Link to Past; Europe's Connect to Future
On August 8, 2011
by Bruno Kaufmann
Back in the 1980s, cruising the European continent onboard a night express was something of a nightmare with bad food and uncomfortable accommodations. Unfriendly border guards disturbed travelers on a regular basis. Too many times my journey ended suddenly at a nation-state checkpoint, when my luggage drew some extra attention or my passport was deemed to be “somewhat” invalid…
Online Modesty
Uncle Sam's Internet Freedom Falls Short
On July 13, 2011
by Omid Memarian
The Obama administration has begun taking action to bring Internet freedom to Iran. This sounds wonderful.
But this approach ignores two key factors: 1) Iran already has the upper hand in this battle; 2) the current approach is dangerous to activists and focuses on too few people. If the U.S. really wants to bring free-flowing information to Iran, it needs to rethink its current strategy…
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