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Ethan Zuckerman says the Internet has yet to break down the habits of mind that drive nations and peoples apart, but he has some ideas that could change that. A century ago, Tom Vanderbilt recalls, it was the telephone that promised to alter our personal and working lives--and ultimately it changed little. Christine Rosen

Are We Making Progress? WASHINGTON, Feb.

Robert Z. Aliber says America's current economic woes amount to a "Mini-Depression"--one that could have been avoided if the government had intervened a few weeks earlier. Robert J. Samuelson draws a different conclusion: just as the West prolonged the Great Depression by clinging to the gold standard, our unwillingness to reexamine the welfare state today will delay recovery. Louis Hyman

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars will honor National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) cofounders, Dr.