By Shelton A. Gunaratne Professor of mass communications emeritus, Minnesota State University Moorhead ƒ”š‚ During a four-day visit to Las Vegas, Nevada, mid-November, 2011, we”ƒ¢¢”š¬‚my spouse and I”ƒ¢¢”š¬‚literally visited Paradise in its magnificent splendor to enjoy the sight and sound of the Fountains of Bellagio dancing to the tunes of the soothing songs of Frank Sinatra […]

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Nimal Fernando ƒ”š‚ With little less than a year to go for the next presidential election, a large part of Americais in a singularly pessimistic mood. A cocktail of macro issues — the lingering recession; a stubbornly high unemployment figure (8.6 percent); dysfunctional government; loss of international clout “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” is fuelling anƒ”š‚  ever-rising chorus of criticism […]

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