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In a world that is dragooned by economic ascendancy and ranked by capitalism backwaters, it is hard to believe that theories like communism exist and exist to play. And if I am not mistaken, it has been horse riding a towering country with zero or minor falls for a whopping ninety years.
Last weekend, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) celebrated 90 years of its founding in Mainland China. Foreign Policy reports, “in an impressive propaganda effort, the CCP has sponsored concerts, shows, and exhibitions of revolutionary art, as well as “red games” and “red tourism” — all to drum up interest in communist hagiography. The CCP even purchased two handwritten letters by Karl Marx to mark the occasion.” Such pomp and such pageantry — surely not a Mahayana marvel of a Marxist miracle.
So, what could be the story behind China’s ceremonious economics, pan political agreement, and an ever-flourishing culture? The formula is

Subscribe to the Economist’s recorded reading of the entire issue from last week, which gives you a clearer view of what’s in store for China. The inflation is still high, and the 10% annual growth rate of the last decade is going to wither to under 5% by 2014 or so, according to the Economist. The innovation necessary to boom a consumer economy is questionable. The state banks have probably been loaded with questionable

Sometimes pop culture actually gets it right. By that I mean cultural icons can tap into something so foreign, so crazy, so insane that it actually wakes us up to a deeper truth about ourselves through our cult worship of the stars themselves. We don’t quite know what is happening until it’s too late.
Let me digress. One of the most influential books I ever read as a teenager was Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific

I can’t believe that some companies are still asking “Why do we need social media?” when they should be asking “How?”
How should we engage with our customers and stakeholders; how do we enable a responsive customer experience; how do we offer value and not just ‘sell’ products and services?
Social media is ushering in large-scale changes in the marketplace. That means large-scale changes are required in the enterprise as well. Here we are, halfway through 2011, and the road ahead is coming into focus. The real-time social business transformation era is here to

Talk to most prosecutors and defense attorneys when they’re off duty — and maybe have a couple of drinks in them — and most of them will admit a simple truth: People often lie in court to try to shape the verdict; defendants often lie; accusers often lie; witnesses often lie; police often lie. The purpose of a criminal trial is to let a jury sift through all the testimony and evidence presented in court — sometime including lies and deceptions — and try to discern the essential truth at the heart of the matter: Did the defendant commit a crime beyond a reasonable doubt?
Unfortunately, due to an inexperienced District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. (the son of Jimmy Carter’s Secretary of State) wanting to protect his reputation in the press, and a scandal-hungry media anxious to publicize every rumor about both former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault, a jury may never have a chance to decide Strauss-Kahn’s guilt or innocence.
Instead, the case has already been tried twice in the scandal-mad media, using strategic leaks from the DA’s office and the police: First when DSK was initially arrested, held without bail, and found guilty by the media; second when doubts emerged about the truthfulness of his accuser in other parts of her life, the DA went to the press with the doubts in order to cover his office prior mistakes, and the media is now trying the accuser as a liar, gold-digger, and possibly even a prostitute.
If DA Vance now drops the charges, both DSK and his accuser may end up with their reputations shattered, without a jury ever getting a chance to sort through the evidence in court.
First, when DSK was initially accused, the DA and the media treated him as though he were already guilty, with the DA’s office arraigning him in view of media photographers unshaven and looking guilty, indicting him in five days to prevent him from getting bail instead of waiting longer to investigate, and telling the press that his accuser’s story was highly

With the 2012 presidential election still 16 months away, it is still far too early to know who will win, or even who the Republican candidate will be. Nonetheless, while the road to reelection will not be easy for President Obama, it is certainly possible that he will get reelected. If that happens, analysts will undoubtedly point to the recovering economy, relatively solid, if cautious, foreign policy pursued by Obama, and to the flawed candidacy of Obama’s yet unknown Republican opponent. There will be some truth to all these explanations, but this should not obscure the extent to which this election, in a normal political context would be the Republicans to

This recipe is not particularly beautiful, or especially complicated. But that doesn’t mean it’s not one of the best. It completely debunks the myth that effort and deliciousness are proportionally related.
The success of these green beans is completely based around one simple secret method: putting raw garlic on hot vegetables. Roasted green beans are themselves delicious–slightly shriveled, distinctly sweet, tender-crisp, with charred

Michael Bloomberg has always yearned to be remembered as one of the great New York mayors – maybe the greatest. Now, thanks to a monster City Hall scandal, the central bragging right of his administration – Bloomberg’s savvy businessman-approach to governing — is teetering.
The scandal is known as CityTime, and it involves hundreds of millions of dollars stolen or wasted from beneath the mayor’s slumbering nose. (If you think New York is the city that never sleeps, think again.)
Bloomberg needs to be forthright with his constituents about how this all

The Splendid Table’s How to Eat Supper, By Lynne Rossetto Kasper
Dear Lynne,
Lavender is taking over the yard. I cook with it but need some inspiration.
Arthur in Tennessee
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Dear Arthur,
How lucky you are. I could only dream of such an infestation!
How about trying grown-up jello scented with lavender? Pour about 2-1/4 cups white wine in a

After a turbulent last week, we slow it down with a man who I could aspire to. Living out of his truck (and camping), he teaches at The University of New Mexico about wild greens, and living from the mountains.
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This year, Americans celebrated their independence at a time when almost 10 percent of the workforce is officially unemployed, millions more are underemployed, and millions of families are losing their homes. Under these circumstances, why isn’t the left gaining momentum? What are the prospects for progressive politics? To answer these questions, on July 4, between the fireworks and the parades, I interviewed veteran activist Jeff Blum about the challenges and opportunities facing the progressive movement today.
Blum has been on the front lines of the progressive movement for 40 years. For 12 years he has been executive director of USAction, a multi-issue progressive advocacy organization with independent affiliates in 22

“Projection always hides a feeling you don’t want to look at. If you examine any negative trait you insist is present in another person, you will find that same trait hiding in yourself. The more you deny this trait, the more strongly you will have to project it.” ~ Dr. Deepak Chopra
Sometimes I amaze myself with how much more I have to learn about practicing what I have been “teaching and preaching” for more than a quarter of a

As a kid, patience was not my thing. In fifth grade, when Mr. Gardner asked a question, my hand would often shoot up in enthusiasm. After giving me a few opportunities, he would try to give other students a

This one was really strange.
This past Sunday the New York Times did a magazine cover story based on the ideas of gay sex-advice columnist Dan Savage, whom it referred to as America’s leading sex advice guru (really?), about how infidelity just might save monogamy, the idea being that monogamy is tough and it’s about time we acknowledged it. Savage argues that couples should be far more understanding of infidelities and even discuss them before they happen so as to receive each other’s informed consent, should that prove appropriate to the relationship. Couples should trade in the straightjacket of strict monogamy, which essentially doesn’t work, and instead seek to be ‘monogomish,’ that is, being essentially faithful but allowing for outside liaisons which just might prevent the dissolution of the primary relationship.
Yawn. What a

Look down at your feet — would you know if you have a bunion?
Many people know the term ‘bunion’ and that it occurs on a foot, but don’t know exactly what a bunion is.
Most people think a bunion is an abnormal growth of bone at the base of the big toe. This is incorrect (at least in most cases). A bunion is actually a structural problem where the big toe joint becomes subluxed and drifts towards the smaller

The kids are out of school. Your neighbors are whistling on their way to work, greeting you with an enthusiasm peculiar to warm weather. And if you hear one more person ask you about your summer vacation plans, you will throw a U.S. map and atlas at them.
You don’t mean to be

There’s Pandora, Mog, Last.fm, etc. Yeah, yeah, ok, ok we get it. People listen to music in different ways now, and in it’s ubiquity music has lost some of it’s value as currency. Well, I’m going to explain to you about turntable.fm and how it just might end up “Saving Music”.
To really understand what I’m talking about you’d have to agree that there’s a

The road to hell may or may not be paved with good intentions, but the road to failure surely is. Take a good look at the people you work with, and you’ll find lots of Good Starters — individuals who want to succeed and have promising ideas for how to make that happen. They begin each new pursuit with enthusiasm, or at the very least, a commitment to getting the job done.
And then something

When I’m feeling bad — whether it’s anxious, depressed or simply frustrated — I often find myself wanting to seek comfort in the arms of a pint of chocolate ice cream or a bag of Doritos. I know I’m not alone. Psychologists call this emotional eating, and it is thought to be one of the major contributors to obesity in our country.
Americans are stressed out, and seeking treatment for anxiety and depression in record

Did you ever look at your husband or wife and feel that person is an impostor? Janet, a 24-year-old graduate student, came home from a stressful day at school and found a man she thought was a stranger in her bed.
“Who are you? How did you get into my apartment?” she asked. She was in no mood to fool around with a strange man who had somehow gained entrance to her apartment and was lounging on her bed in her husband’s blue silk pajamas.
“Very funny. And who are you?” The man countered. He looked similar to Dave, her

We all have, deeply embedded in our unconscious mind, a self-loathing part of us, regardless of how much self-esteem we have, regardless of how much good we do in this world and regardless of how proud of ourselves we are for our ethical and compassionate behavior.
That self-loathing, as irrational as it is for most of us who have done very little in the “hurting others” department, manages to generate guilt and shame which we do not wish to experience consciously because it would be too unpleasant.
So we unconsciously project it onto others and see others as worthy of loathing and worthy of guilt and shame, rather than ourselves. In the process, this helps us feel better about ourselves at an unconscious level.
It’s very convenient and emotionally sustaining when we project it onto people who deserve it, so to speak, by their despicable actions. And we don’t think twice about it. They clearly deserve all the judgment and animosity they get directed at

What is there to say about true-crime books? They’re fun. They can be intellectually compelling, and, like the fictional variety from Hammett, Cain and that crowd, they’re more often than not rooted in the far side of respectability or polite society. Most every writer wants to write one. The trick is to come up with the right crime, the right crook or

Italian historian Silvano Vincenti, known for his scheme to dig up the bones of Lisa Gherardini, the presumed model for the Mona Lisa, is trying to bring the iconic painting to Florence in 2013. While no official request has yet been made — Vincenti is hoping to get 100,000 people to sign his petition and to marshal the support of the Italian parliament — the Louvre has already refused, with painting department director Vincent Pomarde telling AFP that the Mona Lisa is “extremely fragile and travel risks causing irreversible damage.”
Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”
While its potential trip to Florence has been nixed, the Mona Lisa has traveled in the past, and ARTINFO France has compiled a list of its journeys — both authorized and unauthorized.
1911 – 1913
The Mona Lisa — which Leonardo da Vinci began painting in Florence in 1503 and took with him to France, where it entered the collection of French king Franois I — made an illicit trip to its hometown four centuries later. In 1911, the painting was stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Peruggia, a museum employee who kept the masterpiece under his bed for two years before taking it to Florence and trying to sell it. Silvano Vincenti’s current request for a loan of the Mona Lisa in 2013 is intended to commemorate the centennial of the painting’s recovery in 1913.
One of the stranger episodes in French cultural history, the theft of the painting caused a huge scandal, especially since no one at the museum noticed that it was missing until an artist planning on sketching the portrait found a blank space on the

The Crane.tv crew met up with Josh Mount, near East London’s legendary rehearsal studios ‘The Premises’ for a stroll in the park, a chat about his phobia for jellyfish and an insight into his band, Metronomy. Firstly formed in Brighton whilst experimenting with music on campus, Mount and current members Mbenga Adelekan, Anna Prior and Oscar Cash now gather in London, conquering many festival arenas this summer with their Italo- and electro-infused indie-rock. Celebrating the English Riviera, equally the title for their latest album, Metronomy’s melodies and lyrics are inspired by Mount’s English coastal roots paired with his fascination for France.
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