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America, once the world’s undisputed global heavyweight, has down-trended into an economic, political, social, cultural and lifestyle bantamweight. Having made its mark and had its day, the USA is following a familiar path toward self-destruction taken by empires past, both famous and forgotten. Just as the 20th century, “The American Century,” faded into history, so too...

What difference does yet another extreme Islamist terrorist bomb attack make? Especially in a country that has not known even the illusion of peace in more than 14 years? But recent outrage in the Afghan capital of Kabul was different. The bomb did not devastate one of the usual “soft” targets – buses, schools, soccer games...

US European Commander chief and Supreme NATO Commander Air Force General Philip Breedlove is stepping down after enthusiastically overseeing a level of military confrontation between the US, its NATO allies and Russia unprecedented even during the darkest days of the Cold War. Now Obama has picked Breedlove’s designated successor, Army Gen. Curt Scaparrotti, who has...

Be part of an exciting, empowering two-day retreat this summer led by global forecaster Gerald Celente and his Trends Research Institute team. It is designed to help you become an “Ontrendpreneur™” – a savvy, innovative entrepreneur seizing the vast opportunities that the Big Box, merger/acquisition-crazed world missed or nixed.  Held Friday and Saturday, July 22-23,...

Surveys show that 40 percent of baby boomers have virtually nothing saved for retirement and most people making less than $40,000 have no retirement plan through their jobs. Illinois is testing a fix. This summer or fall, the state will launch the Illinois Secure Choice Savings Program. Workers who don’t opt out will see an...

A recent study of the German energy market shows that a third of the country’s electricity is being produced by renewable sources. Just as important, the majority of owners aren’t conventional utility companies; they’re families, farmers, energy co-ops and small businesses. In 2012, only 12 percent of Germany’s newly installed electric capacity was in the...

The telecommunications company announced in early 2016 a partnership with Hearst Corporation to launch two digital media brands. The first, RatedRed.com, provides lifestyle content for millennials living in the heartland of America. Meanwhile, Seriously.TV is a politically focused comedy network, also aimed at millennials. Both brands will be distributed over social media, much like content...

Dallas is the first US city to join Guangzhou, China, and a few other metro areas around the world that have launched a wireless electric streetcar. The trollies raise mechanical arms to draw power from overhead wires at passenger stations, charging on-board batteries; the cars then can travel up to five miles per charge on...

High-school students concentrate better, recover more quickly from stress, and improve their test results when their classrooms have windows that look out onto grass and trees, according to a study from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.  Researchers gave high-school students various intellectual tasks after giving them a study break. Students who took a break...

The crystalline silicon in solar panels is salted with atomic-scale impurities such as boron or phosphorus to boost its conductivity. Now engineers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found a way to make solar cells just as efficient without this added step of “doping.” The resulting cost savings can make solar electricity even cheaper....