Election 2012: Why FOX News Got it Wrong

By all counts, the pre-Election Day polls suggested the 2012 presidential race would be so razor-thin close, it could even be a repeat of the 2000 Bush vs. Gore presidential election, in which the popular vote and the electoral college vote were at odds. Here's what appeared to have sealed the deal on the Obama …

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Coming Soon? Brace for 80% Less Salary or $2-a-Day Pay

She's the world's wealthiest woman you've never heard of and she's saying something you probably wish you hadn't: "Gina Rinehart, world's richest woman, makes case for $2-a-day pay",the Los Angeles Times reports. The Australian mining heiress has a problem. The cost of running a mining operation in Australia cannot compete with Africans willing to work …

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What Raindrops Tell us About the Emergent World Order

We've been on the path to globalized trade so long now that it is possible to imagine what the future may look like. Is yesterday's conspiracy — the New World Order — tomorrow's reality? This column compares an abstract subject to something most of us are far more comfortable with: raindrops.