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Confessions of a hotel front desk manager
Is it okay to tip front desk staff? (iStock)
Looking to get more out of your hotel stay? We got these insider tips from some front desk staff about how to improve your experience, avoid problems, or at least not…
Playing Politics With Our Relationship With Israel
Next week’s visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “injected a degree of partisanship” that is “destructive to the fabric of the relationship” between Israel and the US, according to National Security Advisor Susan Rice.
“[Netanyahu] may have a…
Department Of Homeland Security Funding Battles And Entitlement Reform
We may be headed for another shutdown. This time it’ll be the Department of Homeland Security, caught in the partisan crosshairs over the spending bill which Democrats insist should not have any immigration related amendments.
Most Republicans and Democrats want…
Leaders Agree To Ceasefire Terms For Ukraine In Minsk Talks
Yesterday, the leaders of France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia held peace talks in Belarus. Though the United States wasn’t represented at the summit, both President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry has made clear that they support a diplomatic…
Patent Reform And The New Congress
On December 5, 2013, the House of Representatives did something strange. It passed a bill that helped American businesses.
In response, the Senate did something decidedly more familiar: it killed the bill.
The 2013 Innovation Act was a Patent Reform…
State Of The Union Emphasizes Economic Successes, Misses The Mark On Foreign Policy
President Obama did his best tonight to make Americans forget what happened just a few months ago at the November midterm election.
He sounded like the man at the head of the party that just won control of the House…
Previewing The State Of The Union
President Obama has faced some incredibly difficult situations in his presidency. But he has faced perhaps none more dire than the danger we are confronting in the rise of a new, stronger radical Islam.
To this end, it is my…
A chip and a PIN: The future of credit cards
An EMV chip embedded in a credit card — a worldwide standard for point-of-sale transactions that the U.S. market is woefully behind on. (Mastercard)
A series of hacks at two major retailers over the Christmas shopping season has so startled…
The Rationality Deficit In Washington
“I am happy to talk with him and other Republicans about anything,” President Obama said of Speaker Boehner in his press conference yesterday, “not just issues I think are important but also issues that they think are important. But I…
Where Romney Went Wrong
There has been tremendous speculation over the past week as to what Romney really meant when he made his now infamous 47% comment. What is for certain is that Romney grossly misrepresented the Americans he lumped into this group in…
