New article in The Exile - Americans, check this out
http://www.exile.ru/2005-December-15/am ... is_up.html
Although the tone of this article is rather abusive, it's reflects what the vast majority of ordinary Russian people think of US policy. US officials, TV and papers won't tell this by no means, so check it out.
US has reneged and defaulted on up to 40% of its debt
Uncle Sam has reneged and defaulted on up to 40% of its trillion-dollar foreign debt, and nobody has said a word except for a line in The Economist. In plain English that means Uncle Sam runs a worldwide confidence racket with his self-made dollar based on the confidence that he has elicited and received from others around the world, and he is a also a deadbeat in that he does not honor and return the money he has received.
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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Eco ... 6Dj01.html
Literacy of College Graduates Is on Decline
Literacy of College Graduates Is on Decline
Survey's Finding of a Drop in Reading Proficiency Is Inexplicable, Experts Say
Literacy experts and educators say they are stunned by the results of a recent adult literacy assessment, which shows that the reading proficiency of college graduates has declined in the past decade, with no obvious explanation.
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While more Americans are graduating from college, and more than ever are applying for admission, far fewer are leaving higher education with the skills needed to comprehend routine data, such as reading a table about the relationship between blood pressure and physical activity, according to the federal study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Experts could not definitively explain the drop.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 00701.html