International

Occupied. Now What?

Occupy Wall Street - What is our one demand?

Today marks the one-month anniversary of the launch of the Occupy Wall Street protests. Among other concerns, the unifying issues are social and economic inequality, corporate greed, and the convoluted relationship of corporate money, lobbyists, and the government. Although the protests have been largely dismissed by conservative media as extremist and even anti-American, these demonstrations have expanded to…

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Wayne Rooney’s Bicycle Kick Goal

Wayne Rooney

Video of Wayne Rooney’s bicycle kick goal during yesterday’s Manchester United victory over Manchester City. — If you are into soccer, by now you have heard about Wayne Rooney‘s bicycle kick goal during yesterday’s Manchester United victory over Manchester City. However, the FA Premier League has made it near impossible to find the video online. Fortunately, I was able to find a version that respects their ownership…

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Nike World Cup Ad: Write the Future

Matt shares the new Nike “Write the Future” advertisement and gets pumped up for the 2010 World Cup.

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Infrastructure and Institutions

Matt shares some thoughts from Seth Jones’ “In the Graveyard of Empires: America’s War in Afghanistan.”

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What a difference a day/year makes…

Those of you who have been following The National Hustle for the long haul (figuratively speaking) have probably noticed that Matt and I have been a little stingy with new posts.  As it is clear that we had not been spending much time informing our readers of current events (or…

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Carrying Capacity and Catastrophic Quakes

Matt wonders about the carrying capacity of urban areas and shares some resources on population growth.

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Frontline: Obama’s War

A status update on the war in Afghanistan from PBS Frontline.

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Why We Fight by Eugene Jarecki

Why We Fight, a 90-minute documentary that summarizes the fruition of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s warning about the burgeoning military-industrial complex.

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THE PIRATE SONG: Eye Patches and Peg Legs in Somalia?

A quick history of piracy and why Somali piracy is not so cut and dried.

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Change Leaders, not Light Bulbs

A review of Thomas Friedman’s presentation at MIT on his book, The World is Flat 3.0.

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