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Rachel Marsden: The folly of the Defense Intelligence Agency's spy-hiring spree
American VoicesWasn't the U.S. defense budget supposed to be in for some belt-tightening by now? Whereas President Barack Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, waged war the old-fashioned way, with troops and tanks, Obama has been busy outsourcing the dirty work of...Tags: The Washington Post, Defense Intelligence Agency, Iran, Lobbying, Chicago Tribune Columnists
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Rachel Marsden: Bond's 'Skyfall' could be our very real nightmare
American VoicesAnyone who has seen the latest James Bond film, "Skyfall," would be hard-pressed to find any traditional espionage tradecraft. More actual spying would have meant less of Daniel Craig running around in a too-tight suit chasing bad guys. When the villain...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Daniel Craig, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Skyfall (movie), Politics
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Rachel Marsden: True capitalism can weed out system-wrecking psychopaths
American VoicesPARIS -- A colleague mentioned earlier this week how thankful he is that he can tell anyone who deserves it to go take a flying leap. (Actually, his precise words are unprintable, but you get the idea.) At first glance, such uninhibited opinion-sharing...Tags: Chicago Tribune Columnists, Fox News Channel (tv network), WorldCom Incorporated
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Rachel Marsden: The French view of the Petraeus sex scandal
American VoicesPARIS -- French public reaction to American CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus' suicide-bombing of his own career demonstrates a lack of understanding of the perceived offense in favor of a blind defense of libertinism. It was learned last week that...Tags: David Petraeus, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Bill Clinton, Police Investigations, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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Rachel Marsden: Presidential showdown highlights America's critical-thought problem
American VoicesPARIS -- America has collective attention deficit disorder, and in one way it's a bigger threat than terrorism, cybersecurity dangers and the never-ending Middle East drama: Those other problems at least have the potential to be solved. We witnessed this...Tags: Justin Bieber, Politics, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Barack Obama, Environmental Issues
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Rachel Marsden: Romney can win by doing one thing
American VoicesPARIS -- Mitt Romney's biggest problem in this race isn't that he's wealthy -- it's that he lacks the sort of passion that can only be forged by trial and tribulation. It's one thing to articulate the principles of free-market capitalism and limited...Tags: Politics, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Entertainment
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Rachel Marsden: Britain's backup plan
American VoicesWhile news in America continues to be dominated by the usual election-cycle fare of gimmicky talking points, gratuitous finger-pointing and constant bickering over which presidential candidate is best qualified to steer the country into the iceberg,...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Politics, Chicago Tribune Columnists, William Hague, Europe
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The truth behind the new Islamic flashpoints
American VoicesThe CIA claims that it never saw the storm coming, but Canadian intelligence sure did. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird landed in Vladivostok, Russia, earlier this month for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit and had barely...Tags: Iran, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Barack Obama, Religion and Belief, Islam
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Rachel Marsden: Is Putin the Russian Reagan?
American VoicesIt would seem that we're now at the stage of global economic lunacy where the worldwide socialist slide is so far gone that the president of Russia is lecturing the world, and particularly Europe, about the risks of socialism. Speaking at the Asia-...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Personal Income, Politics, Europe
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Rachel Marsden: Tips for adapting to the new global economic reality
American VoicesBy now, it should be pretty clear to anyone with even the faintest pulse that regardless of who ends up winning any future elections, they aren't going to change your personal economic reality quickly enough to suit your liking. And that's only if they...Tags: Chicago Tribune Columnists, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Xbox 360, Mitt Romney
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Rachel Marsden: Five things Romney needs from the GOP convention
American VoicesThis week's Republican convention in Tampa, Fla., is a political autobahn. Depending on how Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan play it, they'll either gain some unfettered mileage in advancing their agenda with the voting public, or slam into a pole in a single-...Tags: Library of Congress, Tampa, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Politics, Republican Party
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Rachel Marsden: How Pussy Riot bamboozled the media
American VoicesIf Justin Bieber or the Rolling Stones suddenly decided to stage an impromptu concert in a public place somewhere in America without a permit, would the authorities ignore it and shrug it off? Doubtful. Even buskers performing in the New York City...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Madonna, Justin Bieber, YouTube, Chicago Tribune Columnists
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