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Has the American Dream really become so hollow that we think winning prizes is our best hope for upward mobility? For millions, the answer is yes. To me, fury at this profoundly unfair reality is propelling the Occupy Wall Street protests.
Increasingly, Americans don't want a debate dominated by the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, but the Get it Done Party. They simply want someone to show they can get it done, preferably working together.
Think of the man who has just been picked by Art Review as the most powerful person in "the art world". He isn't in "the art world" to prize bonuses from bankers' pockets.
For America to avert catastrophe and regain both its educational edge and economic dominance, how -- and how urgently -- must must U.S. higher education change?
The time for simple belt tightening, repealing the Bush tax cuts, soaking the rich, "praying out the gay", or cutting out that illusive waste and fraud is long past. Only a total restructuring of what government does can provide any hope that the next generation.
Few people understand that to balance the budget, or even to bring down the deficits to the rate of growth would require cutting the size of government by at least half and/or nearly eliminating entitlements. It really is true.
Wall Street's excesses blew up the economy. Now the question is who pays to clean up the mess. Across the country, our children are already paying part of the bill -- as their schools are hit with deep budget cuts.
When I heard President Obama announce The American Jobs Act, I mistakenly thought the Republicans wouldn't dare vote against "American jobs."
Speaking to the live audience at the Javits Center, and thousands by webcast, Clinton ticked off a roster of ills faced by the world's poor.
So what lies ahead? If the present political madness continues, our future will see our economy in a ditch. Probably at least for a miserable decade.
Every recession feels like the end of the world to those hurt by it. Sometimes the best thing a struggling society can do is to remember how it was ab...
OWS is a peaceful, non-violent form of protest against government policies that produce still greater inequalities in our society. They are the conscience of America, not its enemy. For this we should be thankful and should join in their cause.
If you think the Wall Street protests are formidable, watch out when the boomers fully wake up to their plight and mobilize. Then you will know: It's one solid generation to reckon with.
Today, the religious community faces a renewed challenge in a continuing recession to meet the needs of older clergy while making room for younger leaders.
I'm optimistic that women of all ages can make up the gap on their own terms without having men loose out.
Maybe Herman Cain, the latest boomlet in the GOP presidential race, will be elected president. Or maybe his 15 minutes of fame have just arrived. Either way, it behooves us to see what he thinks about America's trade mess.
