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Brock Stout — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:04:36 -0500

I was turned off from the beginning, with the phrase that he was "punching bag of the progressives and the poster boy of the right wing." So a liberal is "progressive" and a conservative is "right wing?" That is like saying that people are divided on the issue of abortion "between the pro-life camp and the pro-death camp." No one would stand for that.
I am a new subscriber, and am now alerted to the magazine's editorial policy, pulled from a 1930s-era poly sci textbook.

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Brock Stout — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:23:19 -0400

The question is a little strange, in that it supposes the U.S. and Europe to be the world. They are together only a small part. I think Americans are recognizing that they must compete with Asia, whereas Europeans are hoping that they can insulate themselves with protection (the recent ruling against Microsoft is a good example). As Asia takes over, we may less and less often ask ourselves questions about comparing North America and Europe.

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Brock Stout — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:09:50 -0400

They have bought too many toys from China, so cannot possibly afford to meet the debt payments if they take more vacation.

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Brock Stout — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:24:44 -0500

I have a technical question. Why does a blue-ray disc cost 40-50% more than the old DVDs? They content is the same, and that should be most of the cost. Now that Blue-ray has a monopoly, will movie prices go up even more?

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Brock Stout — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:08:57 -0500

I suppose that each company can be argued with, but Toyota's inclusion made me laugh out loud. They helped invent just-in-time manufacturing (decades ago), but everything else, including auto designs, has been copied from other companies. Even in Japan, Toyota is known as the non-innovator, "borrowing" from competitors. Like most American press representatives, Fast Company just prints Toyota press releases without editing them. Sorry, I can't possibly take you seriously in the future on any issue.