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By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 11/10/12 9:24am

Foreign Affairs

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Did General Petraeus’ Lover’s Husband Ask Ethicist Chuck Klosterman For Advice? [Updated: No]

Did some of the details of General David Petraeus’ alleged affair ring a bell? Maybe that’s because it is awfully reminiscent of a certain conundrum presented in The New York Times Magazine‘s Ethicist column last July.

“My wife is having an affair with a government executive,” began a letter to The Ethicist aka writer Chuck Kolsterman. “His role is to manage a project whose progress is seen worldwide as a demonstration of American leadership. (This might seem hyperbolic, but it is not an exaggeration.)” Sure, sounds similar. But is it? Speculation on the identity of the beleaguered husband began after the letter to the Ethicist was shared on Twitter in the aftermath of the news of the affair. Read More

By Thornton McEnery 11/09/11 3:56pm

Foreign Affairs

Laura Cerrano gets her feng shui on

Smirnoff Warding Off Spirits in Queens to Win Over Buyers from China

Most of the sights and sounds at this morning’s event in Long Island City were pretty standard fare for a groundbreaking: guys in shirts and ties, wearing hard hats and holding novelty shovels, a massive back hoe parked in the back of a lot prepped for excavation.

A less ordinary sight however, was the young woman in a dark skirtsuit pacing the edges of the earthen lot, chanting quietly and gently tossing grains of vodka-soaked rice while development executives looked on appreciatively.

As bizarre as the sight may sound, it is almost surely a sign of things to come on the home front. Read More

By Elise Knutsen 10/10/11 10:42am

Foreign Affairs

Give us your tired, your weary, your wealthy.

Barbarians at the Door: 1-in-3 Condos Bought by Foreigners

Wonder why luxury real estate is so expensive and hard to find these days? Blame the foreigners!

A report from Stribling released Friday gives some hard numbers to something New Yorkers have been complaining for years: foreigners are buying up all the best apartments. According to Crain’s, the brokerage claims that about 33 percent of all condo purchasers and 15 percent of all buyers in New York City are from other countries. Read More

By Amanda Sterling 4/29/11 4:30pm

Foreign Affairs

Club for Growth Labels Schumer ‘Job-Killing Protectionist’ [Update]

Club for Growth president Chris Chocola is denouncing Chuck Schumer, calling the senator a “job-killing protectionist” in response to Schumer’s recent criticism of China’s economic policies.

“Americans benefit from free trade,” said Chocola in a press release this morning. “It forces companies to innovate and compete leading to greater variety, lower prices, and better quality Read More

By Azi Paybarah 3/18/11 7:20pm

Foreign Affairs

Nadler's Warning to Obama

Liberal West Side Rep. Jerry Nadler highlights another potential rift between Obama and the left, this time, over the use of military force in Libya.

Nadler:

“The President has an obligation under the Constitution to seek the approval of Congress for any use of military force unless there is an imminent threat to the United Read More