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Marijuana is pervasively known in two strains; Sativa and Indica. Sativa grows tall and slender in hot countries in and around the equator, it’s predominantly over 6ft tall and suited for outdoors. Indica grows short and wide and flourishes in higher altitudes, its shorter growth spans is suited for indoor cultivation. There’s a contrasting experience […]
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Excessive use of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana can be devastatingly harmful—physically, socially, spiritually. If any easy, painless way could be found to banish them from the face of the earth, mankind would be the better for it. Unfortunately, we don’t know how. And all past efforts to deal with the problem—from the most severe to
Legalize Marijuana? Pros and Cons Read More »
French train executives not only have egg on their faces but also have a nasty financial smashup, to the tune of $68 million and counting, on their hands. It was just discovered that their 2000 newly purchased trains are too wide to fit their train stations. Parisian officials blame this colossal mistake on the fact
French Lessons On Collaboration – By Lisa A. Bing Read More »
As children, and at other stages of our lives, some of us have been asked, “What was it like?” or “How did it feel having other people’s children being cared for by your parents?” We were stumped by the questions because it had been our life since before we could remember. It seemed like an
Many Stories Come and Gone Read More »
The strident polemic from extremists on the political Right and Left so common today has drowned out reasoned discussion of minimum wage increases, confusing the public that looks to experts for guidance. The selective statistics each side trumpets recall the adage “The Devil can cite Scripture for his own purpose;” and half-truths abound. Restaurant industry
Minimum Wage Increases—Pros & Cons Read More »
Neil deGrasse Tyson on our magnificent universe, Sen. Chuck Schumer on healthcare, and Dan Rose’s call for philanthropic development are some of the exciting things that one can read about in this and next month’s Harlem Times. As we expand to Detroit and Montreal, our mission remains clear: To herald the message that the doors
Letter from the Publisher Read More »
This Tuesday, President Obama will make economic inequality central to his State of the Union, building on his 2013 description of economic mobility as “the defining challenge of our time … a fundamental threat to the American Dream, our way of life, and what we stand for around the globe.” Our nation was uniquely founded
Renewing Our Commitment to Economic Opportunity Read More »
International House is an example of American philanthropy at its best. It provides an important service that the free market cannot provide as inexpensively and that government cannot or will not. And it provides that service competently and imaginatively for over 700 scholars from 100 countries who could not find it elsewhere. Many Americans feel
Philanthropy vs Charity: America’s “Third Sector” Read More »
| By Daniel Rose | Maurice Chevalier, the celebrated French entertainer, was asked on his 75th birthday his thoughts on reaching that advanced age. He replied, “I think it’s great, considering the alternative.” Capitalism, too—the most productive economic system known—is preferable to the alternatives. And unlike death, its excesses can be mitigated. Ever since Adam
Capitalism Today: Triumphs & Challenges By Daniel Rose Read More »
By Milosh Marinovich It is the beginning of the end of our world as we know it. Doom is the operative ethic. Or so our government would have us believe. By now we’ve all been privy to the ominous debt-ceiling and government shutdown debate, which ended on Wednesday night with a bipartisan agreement that will
Debt-Ceiling and Government Shutdown Conceal Larger Truths Read More »