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Study: State Would See More Job Creation From Renewables

AP | STEVE SZKOTAK | Posted 04.26.2012

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Pursuing a portfolio of renewable power sources such as solar, biomass and wind power to satisfy Virginia's energy appetite thr...

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How the $640,000,000 Might Have Ruined Your Life

William Rose | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Greed, Lottery, Homelessness, Values, Money, Mega Millions Jackpot, Happiness, George Mason University, Mega Millions, Mega Millions Winner, Classism, Class Warfare, College News
William Rose

That's just the thing about winning the lottery: winning it makes you rich, not wealthy. There is no more honor in luck than there is happiness in money.

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Bringing Florida to Justice, Not Just George Zimmerman

Michael Shank | Posted 05.25.2012

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Michael Shank

A bigger question that must also be asked is "Who is Florida?" We could ask a question about the direction America is headed on race and violence but let's stick to Florida for a moment.

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Lack of US-Syria Diplomacy Leads to Dangerous Isolation

Michael Shank | Posted 05.20.2012

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Michael Shank

On Syria, there is a back-story from which the US should learn, lest it be repeated again. For years, long before the killing by President Bashar al-Assad's government began, the US preferred a policy with Damascus of disengagement. It is unclear why the White House pursued this.

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My John Updike

Stephanie Vanderslice | Posted 05.14.2012

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Stephanie Vanderslice

John Updike would have been 79 this Sunday. When he died of lung cancer in January 2009 the Web lit up with tributes, and as I read them I remembered my own John Updike story.

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Why the World Bank Needs Jeff Sachs at the Helm

Michael Shank | Posted 05.02.2012

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Michael Shank

Given the World Bank's focus on poverty, economics and climate, and given Sachs' wealth of experience in all three, there is no better candidate.

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Have America's Ballooning Health Care Costs Finally Turned A Corner?

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 03.10.2012

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WASHINGTON — Is health-care relief finally in sight? Health spending stabilized as a share of the nation's economy in 2010 after two back-to-bac...

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Arin Greenwood

Bryan Caplan, The Serenity Dad, Does Christmas

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Bryan Caplan, the George Mason University economist, espouses the world's least neurotic parenting philosophy: "serenity parenting." ...

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GMU Law School Puppies: Dog Therapy Eases Exam Stress

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.07.2012

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WASHINGTON -- George Mason University's law students are snuggling away their stress with puppies. WTOP reports that the puppies have been coming to G...

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Cuccinelli On GMU Gun Ban: 'I Think They're Crazy'

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli assuaged a gathering of gun-rights activists at George Mason University, skewering the school's...

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Memo to Mississippi: State's Violence, Poverty and Education Levels Key to Saving Lives, Not Initiative 26

Michael Shank | Posted 01.07.2012

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Michael Shank

If the State of Mississippi is ultimately trying to save lives with Initiative 26 and reduce its high teenage pregnancy rate -- one of the highest in America -- it should focus on prevention instead.

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Terror Threat? Climate Change Shrinking Plants and Animals Part of Bigger Global Security Threat

Michael Shank | Posted 12.19.2011

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Michael Shank

This week's announcement that climate change is shrinking plant and animal species and is likely to have a negative impact on human nutrition in the f...

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Gay Sex Study Reveals Surprising Results

Posted 12.18.2011

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A new study conducted by George Mason University, Indiana University, and Online Buddies, Inc. polled 24,787 gay and bisexual men between the ages of ...

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U.S. Defense Secretary Panetta's Refusal to Cut Pentagon Spending Puts America at Greater Risk

Michael Shank | Posted 12.13.2011

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Michael Shank

Refusal by US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Members of Congress, and now the Super Committee, to cut US defense spending puts our country on a dange...

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Why 'Occupy Wall Street' Protests? America's High Rates of Poverty & Income Inequality

Michael Shank | Posted 12.11.2011

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Michael Shank

Reduce income inequality and you reduce the rates of every kind of social malaise that are draining our federal, state and local budgets and services. Eradicate both and you have a certain moneymaker for America.

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To Super Committee: Pentagon Corruption in the Millions, Time to Cut Defense Contracting

Michael Shank | Posted 12.05.2011

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Michael Shank

With $3.7 trillion already spent by the US on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is painfully apparent that this money is not being spent wisely; in some cases, it is simply being stolen.

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Republican Presidential Candidates' Anti-EPA Extremism & Rep Darrell Issa's Effort to Enable Car Emissions

Michael Shank | Posted 12.03.2011

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Michael Shank

Since "climategate" first broke the news two years ago, American efforts to enact effective climate policy at the federal level have been significantly undermined by a confluence of events.

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On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy

Michael Shank | Posted 11.28.2011

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Michael Shank

October 7 marks the tenth anniversary of the US war in Afghanistan. After expending $4 trillion and thousands of lives, the US needs an exit from the depressing impasse of its militarized foreign policy.

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Islamophobia Network Targets Top Performing American Schools

Michael Shank | Posted 11.26.2011

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Michael Shank

While I recognize that there are legitimate concerns regarding the use of public funds for these charter schools... it seems that at the heart of this is an undercurrent of phobia about Islamic teaching in America.

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A Glut of Capital Area Book Festivals

Alma Katsu | Posted 11.23.2011

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Alma Katsu

Don't get me wrong: as a writer and reader, I'm not complaining. This area is blessed with multiple book festivals in both the spring and fall. But three major book festivals in the span of one week?

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How the Arab Spring Sprung From a Nonviolent Source

Michael Shank | Posted 11.22.2011

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Michael Shank

The propensity in the U.S. to conflate Islam with violence precludes the possibility of nonviolent Muslim protest motivated by an internal incentive, be it secular or religious. However, the concept of nonviolence is not foreign or new to Muslims.

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On 9/21/11 (UN Day of Peace): How Peaceful Is the World?

Michael Shank | Posted 11.21.2011

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Michael Shank

That the economics of peace have had such a hard time prevailing in policy conversations is, in part, because the dominant language, lobbies, and learning environments are all geared toward the mechanics of war.

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Christina Wilkie

Koch, Big Pharma 'Educate' Congress With Free Vacations

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 11.20.2011

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ARLINGTON, Va. -- A recently-formed judicial "academy" funded by industry groups and conservative billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch is offer...

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The Downsizing of Femininity

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 09.26.2011

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Dr. Peggy Drexler

As women are free to be more like men, what has happened to their ability to be women -- particularly in the sense of a term that suddenly feels like it's from another time: femininity?

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Koch Brothers Give Huge Gifts To Several Public Universities

Inside Higher Ed | Posted 08.28.2011

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The [Koch] foundation has made sizable grants to a number of other colleges and universities -- including six-, seven- and eight-figure gifts to such ...

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