{"id":1129,"date":"2014-02-28T00:31:21","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T05:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/which-creates-better-writers-an-mfa-program-or-new-york\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T14:24:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T19:24:43","slug":"which-creates-better-writers-an-mfa-program-or-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/which-creates-better-writers-an-mfa-program-or-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Creates Better Writers: An MFA Program or New York&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Which Creates Better Writers: An MFA Program or New York&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nNYC\u201d that was widely circulated through both of the \u201ccultures of American fiction\u201d it described: a culture focused on (and funded by) the academy and its proliferation of creative writing programs; and a culture focused on (and funded by) the New York &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newrepublic.com\/article\/116778\/mfa-vs-nyc-most-useful-explanation-how-writers-get-paid\">The New Republic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>The one thing that works in Afghanistan: mobile<\/strong><br \/>\nWhite House spokesman Jay Carney says U.S. President Barack Obama spoke with his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, and said the U.S. will prepare to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year in case the long-delayed Bilateral Security &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/report-on-business\/rob-magazine\/the-one-thing-that-works-in-afghanistan-mobile\/article17115573\/\">The Globe and Mail<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Herbert London: Global Citizenship<\/strong><br \/>\nWhether this idea has veracity or not is beside the point since the president believes that trans-national progressivism, a form of world government, is the impetus for his foreign policy positions. 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