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Britain, too, is infected with political silliness

  LONDON Misery loves company, so refugees from America’s Republican Party should understand that theirs is not the only party that has chosen a leader who confirms caricatures of it while repudiating its purposes. Jeremy Corbyn, the silliest leader in the British Labour Party’s 116-year history, might kill satire as well as whatever remains of socialism. Labour was founded in ...

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Anger over fish deaths must jolt Vietnam govt

The pollution that caused mass death of fish and other marine life in Vietnam did not only spark widespread anger nationwide, but was also a rude awakening for its people who began to see vividly lack of transparency when handling public issues in their country. According to a figure given by an official on May 5, the disaster had killed ...

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Curbing our enthusiasm over rising US home prices

  Justin Fox Home prices in US went up in March. That was the news last Tuesday from S&P/Case-Shiller; all indications are that April was an up month too, and that this summer’s “selling season” will see continued price increases. Bit by bit, prices are regaining the ground lost during the long collapse from 2006 through early 2012. In some ...

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