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Trump II : la démocratie américaine à l’épreuve des contre-pouvoirs
À l’aune de son expérience du Watergate, Dennis Unkovic s’interroge sur l’évolution de la présidence américaine à l’ère Trump. L’extension des pouvoirs de l’exécutif, consacrée par la Cour suprême, soulève la question de la capacité des contre-pouvoirs institutionnels à préserver l’équilibre démocratique des États-Unis.
Mayor O’Connor, Let’s Travel to Japan and Show Our Appreciation
Home › Article › Mayor O’Connor, Let’s Travel to Japan and Show Our Appreciation Mark Twain’s famous quote, “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes,” can easily apply to our region today. Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania are in the midst of a renewed period of self-evaluation. While there are some who perceive our future with pessimism, I tend to believe the opposite.
Changing the American Dream - Pittsburgh Quarterly
Francis Ford Coppola’s epic, “The Godfather,” begins with the line, “I believe in America.” The film chronicles the tragic story of the Corleone family and their twisted version of the American Dream. It characterizes our national ethos by believing anyone can attain their version of societal success, regardless of where or into which class they were born. In the past, the American Dream meant building a lasting business and passing it on to one’s children.
Pittsburgh's Mal Goode: Television's First Black Broadcaster
On Oct. 28, 1962, the three major television networks interrupted their scheduled programs to broadcast a special report on what would become known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. This was a critical moment not only in American history, but also in the integration of American broadcasting.
Dilworth Explores Coming-of-Age Themes in To Be Marquette
Home › Article › Dilworth Explores Coming-of-Age Themes in To Be Marquette Set mainly in the 1970s, Sharon Dilworth’s recent book, To Be Marquette, sometimes makes small moments feel symbolic by utilizing music from the era — think Bob Dylan and Peter Frampton — to help establish tone.
Walter Turns to AI Fiction with Doppelganger
Noted sci-fi novelist and pioneering computer scientist Vernor Vinge wrote in a 1993 paper for NASA that “Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.” If so, this tipping point, which he called a “technological singularity,” is upon mankind, one in which the intelligence of machines possesses and then exceeds that of humans. Is such a process avoidable?
Demystifying Creative Nonfiction
For some, Pittsburgh is french fries on salads, rabid Steelers fans and Iron City beer. For others, it’s Andy Warhol, steel mills and pierogies. For Lee Gutkind, it’s the city where creative nonfiction, that nebulous, energetic literary genre he continues to champion, grew into prominence.
All Things Random, Edible and Odd: Essays on Grief, Love and Food
Until the closing of Carmody’s Restaurant in Franklin Park after 62 years, turtle soup remained a fixture on its menu. Once a staple of fine dining, turtle soup typically came paired with a shot of sherry to both sweeten and thin the stew-y broth.
Miss Me Forever Hits “Home” with Bhutanese Protagonist
Home › Article › Miss Me Forever Hits “Home” with Bhutanese Protagonist Tulsi Gurung is in a jam. that could be the abridged version of Erie native Eugene Cross’s latest novel, Miss Me Forever, in which his likable protagonist gets put through the paces.
Is China Invincible?
Many in the West are convinced that modern China is an invincible regime. We watched China transition in just a few decades from a poor agricultural society into a manufacturing and industrial colossus. We witnessed Xi Jinping become the undisputed leader of China in 2013 and emerge even more powerful than Mao Zedong at the height of his reign. We know that Xi’s ultimate goal is for China to replace the United States as the world’s economic and military leader.
Explaining China’s IP problem
Since man’s early origins, the desire to possess gold has been a universal obsession. Gold was once viewed as the ultimate symbol of power and wealth. Governments amassed vast quantities of gold to finance their economies and political ambitions. Until the mid-twentieth century, leading national currencies were directly tied to how much physical gold was housed in national treasuries.
Dennis Unkovic: Let Nippon Steel save U.S. Steel
Two presidential candidates, a handful of Pennsylvania politicians, and several union leaders were quick to publicly condemn the decision by U.S. Steel’s board of directors to entertain an offer to merge with Japan’s Nippon Steel. This outcry seems to be based on a gut reaction against foreign investment in Pittsburgh’s proud and revered steel industry. I cannot understand how the immediate responses could be so negative.
The New World of Foreign Direct Investment
Historic attitudes favouring globalisation are fundamentally changing. This trend will directly impact future foreign direct investment transactions as nations place higher priorities on protecting their own national security interests. This book offers practical advice and guidance from highly respected international law firms about what foreign investors can expect to encounter when investing in key jurisdictions.
Dennis Unkovic: Russia breaks yet another link in the supply chain
Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, along with the immediate tragic consequences and diplomatic crises it is creating, will have long-lasting ripple effects, including further disruptions of the global supply chain. Indeed, if the lessening of the pandemic recently suggested signs of hope, we should now expect things to get worse for reasons beyond spiking oil and gas prices.
A Well-Deserved Drue Heinz Prize-Winner
In The Prince of Mournful Thoughts and Other Stories, winner of the 2020 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, Caroline Kim offers an expansive debut collection of stories that transports the reader across continents and centuries. Kim is a gifted writer of tremendous range—each story conjures a world unto itself. Throughout the collection, settings shift from the Korean War to contemporary America, and from the Japanese occupation of Korea to New England in the 1980s.
On a Pedestal: Festival of Books, Contemporary Craft, Pitt’s Homewood Project
March 22, 2021 For the past couple of years, pandemic or not, Marshall Cohen has been meeting people and gathering support for his idea: the creation of a Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books. A literate city with the history of erudition that Pittsburgh has should have such an event, he reasoned.
Lee Gutkind on Writing His Memoir, “My Last Eight Thousand Days”
My memoir, “My Last Eight Thousand Days,” published in October 2020, had been a work in progress for at least 10 years—just as my life had been a work in progress for 70-plus. I think of the book and the process of writing it, digging deeply into my life, as a bridge from the Lee I used to be to the Lee I am now—transformed. Writing the book helped me analyze my life and adjust to a more satisfying and realistic future.
The Life and Deaths of Cyril Wecht
Stepping into his office to interview Cyril Wecht for a profile I had been commissioned to write for Pittsburgh Quarterly, I expected to encounter the intense, blustering and contentious person who had so often been depicted on the evening news. To me, at the time, Cyril was just another loud-mouthed local public official who had faced down corruption charges, and who never met a TV camera he didn’t like.
Fairest of Them All?
Looking at the United States from abroad “America in the Mirror: Before and After COVID-19” by Dennis Unkovic, Amazon e-book ($2.99) January 27, 2021 Following the results of the historic November 2018 midterm elections, I found myself, at times, both amazed and appalled. My reaction was not as a result of the outcome of the midterm elections.
Dennis Unkovic: America’s global image stands on a cliff
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The World Looks at an America That Lost Its Way
I have spent most of my life as an attorney traveling to scores of countries around the world, but only recently did I set about systematically asking people what they thought of my country, the United States. It was just after the midterm elections in 2018, when a great many voters showed that they desperately wanted to move America in directions different from the ones the Trump administration had charted for them. Opinions were so divergent and so bitterly divided.
The World Looks at an America That Lost Its Way
An international lawyer interviews more than 100 people from around the globe who know the United States, see huge challenges ahead, but still have hopes for its resilience. BEAST INSIDE Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty I have spent most of my life as an attorney traveling to scores of countries around the world, but only recently did I set about systematically asking people what they thought of my country, the United States.
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Nine Ways to Combat Corporate Espionage
The term corporate espionage conjures images of Mission Impossible style break-ins or sophisticated cyber hackers accessing trade secrets with a few keystrokes. Attempting to thwart intellectual property attacks, companies justifiably commission complex firewalls and erect high-tech fortresses. But what if the thief is already inside? With the rise of digitization, it is increasingly more difficult for manufacturers to control illegal transfer of intellectual property and trade secrets.
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