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Blog Entries by Jonathan Weiler from 05/2011

On the GOP's Absurd Claim That Obama Is Strangling Business

| Posted 05.07.2011 | Politics
Read More: Taxes, Larry Summers, Regulation, Timothy Geithner, President Obama, Business, Goldman Sachs, William Daley, Gene Sperling, Jeffrey Immelt, Obama Taxes, Politics News

The egregious mis-characterization of Obama's outlook has profound consequences for our nation's well-being. Three areas in particular warrant scrutiny.

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A Divorced Couple's Perspective on Raising a Child, Part I

| Posted 05.20.2011 | Divorce
Read More: Raising Children, Society, Divorce, Divorce News

Divorce does not have to destroy a child's life; it does not have to destroy their sense of safety, their relationships to either parent, or their chance for a happy, contented childhood or successful adulthood. Divorce is not death.

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How Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation Works in Post-Racial America

| Posted 05.26.2011 | Politics
Read More: Modesto, Cornel West, Ben Marsh, President Obama, Zanesville, Allan Parnell, Ohio, Underbounding, Selective Annexation, Municipal Services, Race, Cedar Grove Institute, California, North Carolina, Mebane, Politics News

Since the civil rights era, most Americans would like to believe that public policy is no longer directed at perpetuating racism and, on the contrary, works to ameliorate it where it still exists. But policy instruments remain that deepen ethnic and racial differences.

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Untying the Knot: A Divorced Couple's Perspective on Raising a Child, Part II

| Posted 05.31.2011 | Divorce
Read More: Parenting, Parenting Tips, Divorce, Children, Divorced Parents, Divorce News

Lillian made clear when she was younger that she didn't like us being in two houses. But since we knew we had to be in two houses, we tried to our best to make each of them home for her.

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