Gus Tyler
By Gus Tyler
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Opinion The American Stew
It was once very popular in intellectual circles to refer to the United States as a great “melting pot.” Over the centuries and up to the present, however, our country has been more a “stew” than a “melting pot.” In a stew, each of the ingredients is affected by the other ingredients in the pot,…
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Opinion A Backward Glance Into The Future
Iraq is the oldest civilization on earth. It has been blessed and cursed by the presence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and their tributaries. Regularly, these rivers would overflow their banks and leave behind a rich mud for successful agriculture. It attracted people who were nomadic tribes and now found a place to settle…
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Opinion Minimum Wage Hike Makes History
For the last ten years there was no increase in the federal minimum age. When the Republicans took control of Congress in President Clinton’s second year in office they turned their back on any minimum-wage increase. Ironically, the Congress of the United States voted to increase its own stipend in line with the rise in…
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Opinion The Weak Yuan
China is now being charged with depressing the value of the yuan, its primary currency. With a weak currency, Chinese consumers would find it hard to buy goods made in other countries, and they would find it easy to sell their goods in other lands. Hence, the weak yuan would help promote a favorable balance…
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Opinion Two Cheers for Trade
The Republican White House and the Democratic Congress have reached an agreement on a new kind of trade pact. It applies to pending agreements with Colombia, Peru, Panama and South Korea. What is distinctive about these trade agreements is that they go beyond the simple exchange of goods; they oblige the parties to observe certain…
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Opinion Solving The Chinese Puzzle
Last year, the United States ran a trade deficit of $232 billion with China. The Congress of the United States is enraged and wants China to open up its market to products “made in America.” The first question to be asked is just how it has happened that China has such a huge trade surplus…
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Opinion What’s In A Name?
The city of Boston was one of the pivotal players in early American history. A popular rhyme declared: “Here’s to the city of Boston, the land of the bean and the cod, where the Lowells speak only with Cabots and the Cabots speak only with God.” One of Boston’s boasts is Filene’s, a world famous…
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Opinion Coping With Illegal Immigration
There are some 12 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. A bipartisan effort by the White House and key U.S. Senators has been working on a plan to cope with this circumstance. Their plan is simple. Instead of basing policy on reuniting families, the proposed new emphasis will be on providing a skilled and needed…
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