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Aspen Ideas Festival

Saddam's Revenge on America

Stephan Richter | Posted 05.21.2013 | Politics
Read More: Iraq War, Aspen Ideas Festival, Wmd, Congress, Saddam Hussein, George W. Bush, Paul Bremer, Washington DC, Bipartisanship, The Globalist, Iraq, Politics News
Stephan Richter

Much as the U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan eventually became like the medieval holy warriors they fought, so too have the countries' political systems converged in terms of their polarization.

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Where Are the Women Speakers on Expert Panels, and Does It Matter?

Dr Layla McCay | Posted 03.18.2013 | Business
Read More: Women, Aspen Ideas Festival, Role Models, Men, Science, Glass Ceiling, Women in Business, Women and Work, Gender, Politics, Gender Equality, Education, The Atlantic, Business News, Women and Politics, Women in Tech, Women in Science, Diversity, Women Men Conferences, Business News
Dr Layla McCay

I have been the only women on several panels; perhaps even felt like the token one. I don't know whether a pledge/boycott approach to drive more women onto panels is the right thing to do, but it does draw attention to a glass ceiling issue that needs to be addressed.

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Your Start-Up Life: Design Your Thinking

Rana Florida | Posted 10.16.2012 | Business
Read More: Your Start-Up Life, Leadership, Aspen Ideas Festival, Ideo, Mentoring, Talent, Webby Awards, Design, Innovation, Tim Brown, Business, Advice, Culture, Core77-Design-Awards, Inspiration, Technology, Diversity, Business News
Rana Florida

An innovator that the most innovative businesses turn to for advice, IDEO CEO Tim Brown offers fascinating insights on creativity, design thinking and the birth of new ideas.

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The Aspen Institute and the Re-Winning of America

John Hope Bryant | Posted 09.17.2012 | Impact
Read More: Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen Institute Financial Security Summit, Financial Literacy, John Hope Bryant, Jim Clifton, Aspen Institute, Operation Hope, Youth-Economic-Energy, Gallup-Operation-Hope-Financial-Literacy-Index, Gallup-HOPE Index, Gallup, Video, Impact News
John Hope Bryant

What must come next is not a focus on poor people and their so-called weaknesses, but a new found focus on all of our kids untapped strengths.

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Our System of Governance Is Not Working!

David L. Nevins | Posted 09.16.2012 | Politics
Read More: Aspen Institute, Citizenship, Aspen Ideas Festival, Jeff Weiner, Howard Schultz Starbucks, Partisanship, Arianna Huffington, Politics News
David L. Nevins

The amount of money in politics is a dangerous distortion of how the process is intended to work. We are now at the point where money wins elections, not the vote of the people.

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Aspen Ideas, Natural Gas, Armenia Unheralded

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.08.2012 | Business
Read More: Energy, Aspen Ideas Festival, Armenia, Fracking, Shale Gas, Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Green Energy, Ray Lahood, Lisa P. Jackson, Detroit, World, Gas and Oil, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Here we are at the cusp of a vast change in our energy destiny and veering in the right direction. Yet we still remain without a true national commitment to wean ourselves from gasoline to natural gas as our foremost transportation fuel.

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Fracking Debate At Aspen Ideas Fest Changes Minds

The Colorado Independent | Troy Hooper | Posted 07.06.2012 | Denver
Read More: Video, Aspen Ideas Festival, Fracking Harmful, Fracking, Denver News, Fracking Benefits, Fracking Debate, Aspen Ideas, Aspen Ideas Fest, Environmental News, Aspen Colorado, Denver Colorado, Intelligence Squad, Colorado, Denver News

From The Colorado Independent's Troy Hooper: ASPEN — After an Oxford-style debate Sunday night, environmental attorneys Deborah Goldberg and Kath...

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The Next New Thing In Parenting

Lisa Belkin | Posted 09.05.2012 | Parents
Read More: Tiger Mom, Katie Couric, Aspen Ideas Festival, Parentry, Mommy Wars, Attachment Parenting, Jessica Gottlieb, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Amy Chua, Parenting Advice, Life Work Balance, Video, Parents News
Lisa Belkin

Maybe all the sniping and hair-splitting, the need to name every parental choice and write a book about it -- perhaps that was the storm before our social leap? Maybe the convergence of views means we might move on from parallel play to playing nicely with others?

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Success in Parenting -- Avoiding the Happiness and Self-Esteem Traps

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 09.04.2012 | Parents
Read More: Lawrence Cohen, Jonah Lehrer, Education, Aspen Ideas Festival, Erika Christakis, Bezos Family Foundation, Katie Couric, Helicopter Parenting, Parenting, Paul Tough, Admiral Mike Mullen, Carol Dweck, Amy Chua, Self-Esteem, Lori Gottlieb, Peter Edelman, Happiness, Parenting Advice, Parents News
Ellen Galinsky

Adults -- teachers and parents -- need to help children understand that making mistakes is a normal part of learning.

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Ideas That Make a Difference at the Aspen Ideas Festival

Ariane Zurcher | Posted 09.02.2012 | Impact
Read More: People Making a Difference, The Aspen Music Festival, The Aspen Institute, Walter Paepcke, Aspen Ideas Festival, The International Design Conference of Aspen, The Goethe Bicentennial Convocation, Autism, Impact, Ideas, Aspen Ideas Festival 2012, The Aspen Music School, Emma's Hope Book, Impact News
Ariane Zurcher

It's impossible for me to write about the Aspen Ideas Festival, a festival spanning seven days presented by The Aspen Institute and The Atlantic, featuring scientists, writers, artists, mathematicians and leaders from all over the world, without mentioning Walter Paepcke.

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Women at the Aspen Ideas Festival

Allessandra Bradley-Burns | Posted 09.01.2012 | Women
Read More: Having It All, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Aspen Ideas Festival, Women, The Atlantic, Aspen Institute, Katie Couric, Authenticity, Women News
Allessandra Bradley-Burns

What keeps popping up for me is the way in which the women around me -- these powerful, media savvy, company and country-running women -- keep sharing their most private selves.

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Former Joint Chiefs Chairman: 'We've Got 18 Vets A Day Who Are Killing Themselves'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 07.02.2012 | Politics
Read More: Mike Mullen Aspen Ideas Festival, Military Suicides, Video, Aspen Ideas Festival, Veteran Suicides, Admiral Mike Mullen, Mike Mullen Military Suicides, Mike Mullen, Mike Mullen Veteran Suicides, Politics News

Mike Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival this weekend, giving a candid assessment of the growing p...

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David Brooks: ACA Built on Rotten Foundations and Romney's Secret Healthcare Plan (VIDEO)

Blaise Zerega | Posted 09.01.2012 | Politics
Read More: fora.tv, Aspen Ideas Festival, Joe Klein, Supreme Court Obamacare, David Brooks, Tom Daschle, Blaise Zerega, Suzanne Malveaux, Healthcare Reform, Vin Weber, Politics News
Blaise Zerega

David Brooks's remarks predicted much of the reaction to the ruling and what it will mean for the upcoming election.

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Say Hey to Hashtags and Handles

Susan Sawyers | Posted 12.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Twitter Hashtags, Twitter Handles, Twitter, Social Media Tips, Tweetdeck, Livestream, Aspen Ideas Festival, New York Times, Schools for Tomorrow, Social-Good-Summit, Mashable, 92y, Twitter News, Using Twitter, Twitter Social Events, Video, Technology News
Susan Sawyers

Since social media is here to stay, event organizers who truly embrace the notion of the greater good, which is the purpose of all of this social stuff anyway, can enhance the experience by establishing and promoting twitter hashtags and handles.

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Occupy Wall Street Protestors 'Get A Life' -- Elect A President!

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.23.2011 | Politics
Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Treasury Department, Aspen Ideas Festival, President Obama, Mitt Romney, Obama Administration, Joe Nocera, Business, Bain Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Bush Administration, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Zucotti Square, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Occupy Wall Street, Henry Paulson, Financial Crisis, New York Times, Timothy Geithner, Sheila Bair, Politics News
Raymond J. Learsy

She may not know it yet, but the nation needs Sheila Bair. Her persona, her values, her experience would be an enormously timely gift to all of us.

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The Self-Absorbed Higher Ed System

Jeff Selingo | Posted 12.07.2011 | College
Read More: Jobs, Aspen Ideas Festival, College, Economy, David Brooks, The Chronicle of Higher Education, College News
Jeff Selingo

If the current economic crisis is teaching us anything, it's that we have a serious mismatch between the "traditional" student of today and what much of higher ed is offering.

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Bill Clinton Discusses Struggling Economy

National Journal | Ronald Brownstein | Posted 09.06.2011 | Politics
Read More: Bill Clinton, Politics, Politics News, Aspen Ideas Festival, Economic Struggles, Bill Clinton Economy, Economy, National Journal, Business News, Aspen Ideas Festival 2011, Business, Politics News

ASPEN, Colo.--During Bill Clinton's two terms as president, the median family income increased by 14 percent, the number of Americans in poverty decli...

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Lance Armstrong, Facebook & Mashable Founders Discuss Social Media

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 09.04.2011 | Denver
Read More: Kiva.org, Aspen Ideas Festival, Mashable, Denver News, Facebook Co-Founder, Matt Flannery, Aspen News, Pete Cashmore, Aspen Colorado, Denver Colorado, Chris Hughes, Jumo, Lance Armstrong, Kiva, Colorado, Denver News

Aspen Ideas Festival hosted a handful of social media gurus that are focused on socially beneficial work to talk about the new technology and its impl...

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Aspen Ideas: Miss. Governor Haley Barbour And Chris Matthews

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 09.01.2011 | Denver
Read More: Haley Barbour Chris Matthews Interview, Aspen Ideas Interviews, Governor Haley Barbour, Haley Barbour 2012, Aspen Ideas Festival, Haley Barbour, 2012 Election, Chris Matthews, Denver News

Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi was interviewed by Chris Matthews Saturday at the Aspen Ideas Festival. The conversation centered on the GOP no...

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Aspen Ideas Fest: UK Ambassador Nigel Sheinwald On U.S. Foreign Policy

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 09.01.2011 | Denver
Read More: R. Nicholas Burns, Aspen Ideas Festival, Nigel Sheinwald, US and UK Relation, US Foreign Policy, Ambassador to the US, US Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, Denver News

A mid-day question and answer session at the Aspen Ideas Festival featured UK ambassador to the United States Nigel Sheinwald in a question and answer...

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WATCH: Aspen Ideas Fest: Does The Supreme Court Follow The People?

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 09.01.2011 | Denver
Read More: Justice O'connor, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Aspen Ideas Festival, Supreme Court Justices, Video, Sandra Day O'Connor, Justice Breyer, Stephen Breyer, Denver News

The U.S. Supreme Court has had a hefty couple years. From the 'Citizens United' ruling which opened the floodgates of corporate money in politics to ...

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WATCH: What's Next For The Internet? Twitter Founders Chime In

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 08.31.2011 | Denver
Read More: Obvious Corporation, Aspen Ideas Festival, Evan Williams, Twitter, Future of the Internet, Internet-Startup Advice, Future-of-Twitter, Biz Stone, Denver News

Evan Williams and Biz Stone, the two founders of Twitter, showed up at the Aspen Ideas Fest this week in Colorado. The duo discussed the future of th...

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Bezos Scholars Program -- Incubating Big Ideas and Model Citizens -- One High School at a Time

Jeffrey Abelson | Posted 06.11.2011 | Home
Read More: Bezos Scholars Program, Service Learning, Aspen Ideas Festival, Civic Engagement, Bezos Family Foundation, Aspen Institute, Song of a Citizen, High School, Serious Citizen, Education Reform, Students, Jeffrey Abelson, Home News
Jeffrey Abelson

The bottom line is that if students don't have a visceral sense of their roles as citizens, upon graduation from high school, they're not likely to develop that sense of civic connection later.

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START-ing the "Countdown to Zero"

Andrea Jimenez Rael | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Aspen Ideas Festival, Cia, World Security Institute, Nuclear Weapons, Valerie Plame Wilson, Aspen Institute, Start Treaty, An Inconvenient Truth, Grassroots Campaign, Nuclear Terrorism, Cold War, Non-Partisan, Global Zero, Countdown to Zero, Video, Impact News
Andrea Jimenez Rael

Ever since the world first witnessed the blossoming of the mushroom cloud we've been living a constant nightmare of international terrorism. Demonstra...

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Con Games: If I Only Had A Brain At Aspen Ideas Fest

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: New Media, Sustainability, Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen, Calaway, Lithium, Denver News
Michael Conniff

(ASPEN, COLORADO) Somebody, somewhere and some time, came up with the idea of The Internet, and then somebody else--Sir Tim to you--came up with the i...

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