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3 weeks ago | 
modernluxury.com | Michael McCarthy |Michael Mccarthy
I love it when worlds collide. And when those worlds are exceptional Scotch whisky and visionary architecture, all the better. This convergence happened in the most awe-inspiring way in Venice at the architectural biennale during the highly anticipated unveiling of the third chapter of The Dalmore Luminary Series. I was lucky enough to be there. It’s a night I won’t soon forget. This year, the esteemed distillery partnered with Ben Dobbin of the globally renowned architectural firm Foster + Partners.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
wilsoncenter.org | Michael McCarthy |Michael Mccarthy |Boris Muñoz |Leopoldo López |Tamara Taraciuk Broner
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
michaelwilliammccarthy.medium.com | Michael McCarthy |Michael Mccarthy
Recently the Vancouver Sun ran an article about “great streets” in Vancouver. This was in reaction to a magazine article that raved about Commercial Drive being a great street, not because of any magnificent or historic buildings but because of the vibrant street life there.
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Jun 29, 2023 | 
americaoutloud.com | Michael McCarthy |Michael Mccarthy
Looking over your shoulder? Glancing at the next person in the pew at church? Worrying what your neighbors will say? Shrinking back from what your relatives said about your post on Facebook? Watching what you say to new acquaintances? East Germany? North Korea? Russia? Communist China? No, this is the USA 2023.
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Jun 22, 2023 | 
americaoutloud.com | Michael McCarthy |Michael Mccarthy
When you hear or read “this is settled science” or “this is the consensus of scientists,” a yellow warning light should come on in your mental dashboard. Instead of “check engine,” it should read “check the premises.”Science is Never SettledWhy? Because, by definition, science is never settled.
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Jun 12, 2023 | 
americaoutloud.com | Michael McCarthy |Michael Mccarthy
Want to get attention like a major league baseball (MLB) star? Want to get respect, like an entrepreneur who built a business and created jobs? Want to get the admiration, like a singer who sold a hundred thousand albums? How did they do it? The MLB star practiced endless hours and worked his way up through minor league teams for several seasons. The entrepreneur worked 60+ hour weeks and risked her own money for three to five years before the business made enough to expand.
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Jun 2, 2023 | 
americaoutloud.com | Michael McCarthy |Michael Mccarthy
“Starve the Beast” ~ Ronald ReaganHow is the government like cancer? Cancer begins in a life-supporting organ of your body, like your liver. Then it takes over and uses the nutrients delivered by your bloodstream to the liver to grow and grow and grow until it kills you. Like cancer, the government begins with a legitimate function, like protecting citizens’ rights and safety through law enforcement.
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May 24, 2023 | 
americaoutloud.com | Michael McCarthy |Michael Mccarthy
“These are our kids. They belong to all of us.” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre recently revealed the agenda out loud at the LGBTQ celebration known as GLAAD. The Government now asserts ownership of our kids. We, parents, are now treated as industrialized sperm donors and incubators for a de-humanized commodity, children, to be harvested and used like a commodity by the Federal Government and their allied pedophiles.
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May 17, 2023 | 
americaoutloud.com | Michael McCarthy |Michael Mccarthy
Trending CloudBiden Crime Family Biden Disasters Big Pharma Border Invasion COVID China Climate Alarmism Cultural Wars Debt Ceiling Donald Trump Immigration Crisis Joe Biden Leftism Title 42 Vaccines by | May 17, 2023 | Energy, Environment, PoliticsInnovation grows naturally when people are left alone to tinker. “Tinker” is the everyday name for trial and error experimentation, the scientific method. Try something, see if it works, then make more of it for more people to use.
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May 10, 2023 | 
americaoutloud.com | Michael McCarthy |Michael Mccarthy
“You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.”~ Ayn RandI can say that it isn’t a cliff drop-off on the path ahead of me, but I will still fall and die when I walk over the cliff. This is an example of what Ayn Rand meant. Today’s Woke brain washers claim the right to remake reality by relabeling any reality they choose. But the consequences will always catch up to them and the rest of us.
