Nathan Lustig

I got back to the US on Sunday after living in Chile for the past six months and one of the first things I noticed was the tension in the air.  People seem on edge, ready to jump at the smallest things.  People are scared.  We’re living in an era of extreme change, taking place [...]

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There’s one word that always creates heated debates while I’ve been in Chile.  It’s offensive to some, a joke to others and completely innocuous to the rest, but it’s sure to raise a debate if you ask.  So what’s this hotbutton word?  American. In the US, most of us refer to our country as America [...]

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Facebook, Twitter and Wisconsin in general was set ablaze late last weekend when Wisconsin’s new Governor Scott Walker proposed a bill that would strip public employee unions of the right to collectively bargain on any issues, besides pay.  Unions would also not be allowed to automatically deduct dues from paychecks and would be required to [...]

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Representative Ryan, I’m a 25 year old technology entrepreneur originally from Milwaukee, WI.  I went to school at the University of Wisconsin and have stayed in Madison after graduating in 2009 to start another web business. I’ve followed your career with interest since I first heard about you sometime during high school.  I’ve always been [...]

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In a recent edition of the Economist, Ariana Huffington claims we face a stark choice as Americans.  We can continue going down our current path and turn into a third world country, a shell of our former selves, or Americans can demand more from their leaders and start to take the lead in their own [...]

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I haven’t written about Wikileaks at all yet because I’ve been trying to figure out where I stand on the issue.  I’m not comfortable with the response to the controversy from pretty much anyone so far.  I don’t like that the US and other governments around the world are going after Julian Assange for doing [...]

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