But even as democratic governments have become more proficient and more technologically adept at thwarting terrorists, some in our societies have become insensitive, or even callous, about the civilizational consequences of terror and violence.
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Anne Neuberger,
The Atlantic,
3 July 2026
Many industrial societies are facing aging populations, tightening labor markets and growing shortages of skilled workers.
Those cultures, which take about two weeks to complete, will determine whether live bacteria capable of causing illness were present in the samples.
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Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
11 July 2026
As organizations expand across borders, cultures, and time zones, leadership challenges have become far more complex than simply managing people in different locations.
But that one course, Sugarloaf Golf Club, is also one of the few publics in the Northeast to have made Golf Digest’s Top 100, a Robert Trent Jones II classic with drop dead views on nearly every hole, carved from a gorgeous wilderness teeming with moose and other wildlife.
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Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Museums are sincerely trying to connect with their publics (even if these are often cast as consumers), and the horizon for that experiment is almost limitless.
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