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Are the American people obsolete?

The richest few don't need the rest of us as markets, soldiers or police anymore. Maybe we should all emigrate

By Michael Lind

Have the American people...

Journal photo / Ruben W. Perez
Denny Ingram shows off a yellow lobster he caught last week in Narragansett Bay.


When Denny Ingram hauled one of his lobster pots in Narragansett Bay's East Passage last week, he found one lobster unlike any he had ever seen. It was golden on top and bright yellow on the sides.

"I thought, holy cow, this is...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – At 91 years old, the country's oldest mail carrier is finally hanging up his keys after driving more than 1.1 million miles delivering mail in Tennessee. According to the U.S. Postal Service, rural carrier Mancel Prince will make one more lap of his nearly 100-mile route before he retires on Friday in Decherd.
Prince was born...

A Concise Guide to the 8 Best States for Incorporating
July 26th, 2010 | Grasshopper Group
Entrepreneurs often struggle to determine the best state to incorporate their business in. Each state differs in their incentives and penalties for doing business, which makes the decision of where to set up home base an especially weighty one with...

America's Ruling Class -- And the Perils of Revolution

By Angelo M. Codevilla from the July 2010 - August 2010 issue

As over-leveraged investment houses began to fail in September 2008, the leaders of the Republican and...