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...Trump called the trade agreement between Canada, Mexico and the United States “the single worst trade deal ever approved in this country” during the first presidential debate against Hillary Clinton. Earlier this year, Bernie Sanders leveled a similar criticism, calling it disastrous when debating the former secretary of date... ...But whether NAFTA has been good or bad for the U.S. economy depends largely on who you ask... ...NAFTA “means jobs. American jobs, and good-paying American jobs. If I didn't believe that, I wouldn't support this agreement,” then-President Clinton said in 1993. Fast forward more than two decades later and NAFTA...

Before you newly active Republicans commit to Newt Gingrich​ as your presidential nominee on the basis of the recent debates, here's a bit of Newt history you ought to know. I promise you, it's going to come up if he's the candidate. The day after the Republicans' historic takeover of the House of Representatives in the 1994 election, Newt was off and running, giving a series of Fidel Castro-style speeches about "the Third Wave information revolution." It had the unmistakable ring of lingo from his new-age gurus, Alvin and Heidi Toffler​. ... Far from needing government agencies to help us...

I think the amazing success of FreeRepublic.com in exposing the scandal of the forged memos at CBS is truly one of the defining triumphs in this age of modern communications technologies. Some of you probably have read the books of Alvin Toffler, the author of Future Shock, The Third Wave, Powershift and several other books commenting on the change in society. In The Third Wave, Toffler mentioned specifically the concept of de-massified media, where as communications technology improves the monopoly control of the dissemination of information will be seriously weakened. Well, the rise of proprietary online services in the late...