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The Crisis in America Today is Not Economic -- It is a Crisis of Virtues and Values

John Hope Bryant | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Leadership, Oprah Winfrey, Henry Ford, Steve Bartlett, Warren Buffett, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, William Green, Love Leadership. John Hope Bryant, Politics News
John Hope Bryant

We are not in the midst of a recession. It is a global reset - and America will lead the world out of it, just like we led the world into it.

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Fuel Uses Education and Inspiration to Make Impassioned Case for Green Energy

Josh Garrett | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil Refining, Sundance Film Festival, Alternative Energy, Biofuel, Richard Branson, Movie, Neil Young, Film, Pollution, Crude Oil, Algae Biofuel, Fuel, Biomass, Henry Ford, Contamination, Oil, Documentary, Josh Tickell, Algae, Willie Nelson, Green News
Josh Garrett

Fuel does not chastise Americans for using petroleum products, but instead shows that a post-oil nation is well within our grasp -- all we need to do is extend our hands.

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I Have a Nightmare

Greg Saunders | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racial Politics, Obama Racism, Racism, Racist, Fiscal Conservativsm, Birthers, Thomas Edison, Rush Limbaugh, Tea Parties, Henry Ford, Blackface, The Bible, Michelle Obama, Nicola Tesla, Matt Drudge, Glenn Beck, Politics News
Greg Saunders

In the last two years, Republicans have been so angry they've had to invent new ways to be racist. Racism no longer comes in degrees of offensiveness, but in flavors of hate speech.

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Why Barack Can't Do What Lyndon Would Have: An Essay on Living in the Past

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Pierre Du Pont, Henry Ford, Lobbyists, Roger Mud, Health Care Reform, Lew Wasserman, Medicare, Lyndon Johnson, Dan Rather, Robert Ball, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Bob Kerr, Barack Obama, John Stennis, David Rockefeller, Politics News
Reese Schonfeld

There's been a major power shift in the United States over the past forty years. Power has devolved from the Russells, Kerrs and Johnsons to the lobbyists.

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Auto Sales Stimulus: 1909

Kate Kelly | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, New York Times, Seattle, Henry Ford, New York City, 1909, Model T, Politics News
Kate Kelly

In 1909 mining heir Robert Guggenheim sponsored a cross-country auto race. This June, a commemorative race is underway. And this time we have bridges.

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Touring Empire's Ruins

Greg Grandin | Posted 07.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Henry Ford, General Motors, Detroit Three, Gm, Detroit, Ford, Auto Industry, Business News
Greg Grandin

In Rome, the ruins came after the empire fell. In the United States, the destruction of Detroit happened even as the country was rising to new heights as a superpower.

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Eat Your Fears and Snuff Them Out

Grant Cardone | Posted 07.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Simon Cowell, Paris Hilton, Steve Jobs, Alexander Graham Bell, Wright Bros., Fear, Madonna, Bill Gates, Grant Cardone, Motivation, Ben Franklin, Barack Obama, Elvis Presley, Howard Schultz, Dreams, Inspiration, Martin Luther King, Henry Ford, Handling Fear, Goals, Business News
Grant Cardone

Ask 10 people this simple question, "Freak or super freak?" And I assure you regardless of their political views all ten will answer "Super Freak."

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Everything Old Is New Again -- Even Electric Cars

Kate Kelly | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Harold Evans, Detroit Automakers, Detroit, Thomas Edison, Christopher Gray, Henry Ford, Electric Cars, Business News
Kate Kelly

Electric cars are not new; they were first used 100 years ago, the preferred vehicle for both women and doctors.

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Now That We Own GM: A Little of the Early Story

Kate Kelly | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business

Read More: William C. Durant, Charles Wilson, Alfred Sloan, Automobile History, Automobiles, Henry Ford, Gm, Business News
Kate Kelly

We all know the story of Henry Ford and his assembly line, but what is there to know about General Motors?

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Chrysler's Debtors a Throwback to the '30s

Joshua Schoen | Posted 06.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Detroit, Henry Ford, Chrysler, Great Depression, Detroit-Michigan, Business News
Joshua Schoen

America is at a turning point, and if the debtors refuse to restructure, there is sure to be reverberations throughout the economy.

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Whatever It Is, Republicans Are Against It!

Dave Astor | Posted 04.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Bill Clinton, Kittens, Wall Street, Henry Ford, George W. Bush, Puppies, Bonuses, Barack Obama, Hollywood Liberals, Super Bowl, Bruce Springsteen, Comedy News
Dave Astor

When congressional Republicans oppose President Obama on almost everything, they argue that they're doing so for legitimate reasons -- not because they're just being anti-Barack or anti-Democrat.

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Memo To Business: Only Unions Will Save Your Bottom Line

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 04.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Efca, Henry Ford, Unions, Working Life, Profit, Debt, Wages, Business, Business News
Jonathan Tasini

Henry Ford used to say that he wanted his workers to have enough money to buy his cars. For their own self-interest, business, and their Republican allies in Congress, should embrace broad unionization.

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White House Still "Gathering Information" While Detroit Suppliers go Bankrupt

Steve Parker | Posted 01.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Toyota Camry, Chapter 11, White House, Thailand, Troubled Assets Relief Program, Flint, Chrysler, Rick Wagoner, United Auto Workers, Cars, Detroit News, Arizona, Facebook, Ford, Detroit Newspapers, Key Plastics, Los Angeles Auto Show, Mark Fields, Southern California, Larry King, Daewoo Lacetti, General Motors, Japanese Cars, Ford Flex, President Bush, Carl Levin, President-Elect Barack Obama, China Brilliance, Uaw, Bankruptcy, Gm, Minivan, Alan Mulally, Special Devices, Detroit Three, Gran Torino, Detroit Free Press, Washington DC, Sandy Levin, Clint Eastwood, Chevrolet Volt, Chevrolet Cruze, Bill Ford, TARP and Auto Bailout, Henry Ford, Detroit Three Loans, South Korea, European Cars, Henry Paulson, Sabic, Detroit Bailout, Automaker Bailout, Detroit, Big Three Automakers, Detroit Automakers, Unions, Auto Industry, Automakers, Jobs, Bailout, Unemployment, The Big 3, Labor Unions, Detroit Bailout Reaction, Detroit Auto Show, Business News
Steve Parker

Even Bush doesn't want to go down in history as the man who oversaw the destruction of GM, Ford and Chrysler (I hope), and I'd guess Obama wishes he could install his own new team now and fire Paulson.

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Bailing Out Dan Quayle

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.14.2009 | Business

Read More: House of Representatives, Bail Out, Financial Bailout, Sherrod Brown, Aozora Bank, George W. Bush, Iraq, Colorado, Democratic Party, Wall Street Journal, Jared Polis, William Ford Sr, Aig, Auto Bailout, Mark Fields, Dan Quayle, Ohio, Real Estate, Republican Party, Gail Collins, Detroit, Steve Feinberg, Citigroup, John McCain, Florida, Gm, Alan Mulally, Private Equity, Ford, Condoleeza Rice, Congress, United Steelworkers, Cerberus, Japan, K2, Robert Rubin, Chrysler, Wall Street, Henry Ford, Michigan, Banking, IAP Worldwide Services, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, Senate, Detroit Bailout, Business News
Paul Jenkins

The battle over the bailout of some segments of the US auto industry has become increasingly defined in terms of class, but this hides the fact that the same type of players will benefit from both bailouts.

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