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Mixing Water Into The Energy Debate

Rob Runyan | Posted 07.24.2008 | Home


Rob Runyan

Dealing with one sector without thinking about the other is one-hand clapping. That's why we have popular alternative fuels like ethanol that don't factor in the drain on water resources.

The Coming Together Of McCain And Obama On Iraq

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

McCain knows that the electorate wants America out of Iraq, even faster than Obama has proposed. He also knows that his ties to Bush's foreign policy are an albatross around his neck.

A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education

Pedro Noguera | Posted 06.10.2008 | Home


Pedro Noguera

A new task force of national policy experts with diverse religious and political affiliations, in public policy fields including education, social wel...

The Food We Eat, The Sex We Have - What's A Country To Do?

Amy Coen | Posted 06.06.2008 | Living


Amy Coen

I've been in Mexico for almost a week. There's a growing behavior change challenge here: persuading Mexicans to change the way they eat and the way they have sex.

Internet in Transition

Leslie Harris and John Morris | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics


Leslie Harris and John Morris

If you silence the rhetoric, and strip this presidential election cycle of all the partisan trappings, you are left with one undeniable fact: voters a...

A Challenge To John McCain: Buy Your Own Health Insurance

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

I challenge McCain to be the first to do what he is asking all Americans to do: give up his employer-based health care, and purchase his own health insurance on the open market.

A Paroxysm of Voterly Rage

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics


Jeff Dorchen

I apologize for the following. It was written in anger brought on by listening to All Things Considered for three whole minutes, a mistake I shall no...

No Trivia Left Behind

William Fisher | Posted 03.04.2008 | Politics


William Fisher

A few weeks ago, I ranted about the sleep-inducing irrelevance of the so-called "debates" among the presidential wannabees. The notion of laying out real policies in 90 seconds is patently absurd.

A Policy Unbecoming

Bruce Kluger | Posted 02.07.2008 | Politics


Bruce Kluger

In the 15 years since Bill Clinton approved the provocative "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" plan, the social stigma often tagged to homosexuality has, in many cases, dropped away like molting feathers.

Students for Hillary: No More Promises, We Want Proof

NYCity News Service | Posted 02.03.2008 | Home


NYCity News Service

"The majority of my friends who are voting for Obama can't give me any substantive reason as to why they are voting for him," she said.

The More Americans Demand Change, The More The State Of The Union Address Stays The Same

Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics


Andrea Batista Schlesinger

After years of insisting that the economy was doing great, it takes weak corporate profits to make the president recognize that times are tough.

Sam Stein

Women's Rights Head Accuses Kennedy Of Betrayal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics


In a rant that was described as greater-than-scathing, the head of the New York chapter of the National Organization for Women ripped into Sen. Ted Ke...

Rotten Apples in Education Awards for 2007

Gerald Bracey | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics


Gerald Bracey

In 1996, I codified these comments as "Golden Apples" and "Rotten Apples" awards, what I thought were the dumbest and brightest things that people had done in education in the preceding 12 months.

Ten Worst Public Policies of 2007

Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 12.29.2007 | Politics


Andrea Batista Schlesinger

From The Drum Major Institute's Year In Review (read our full round-up of the year in politics and policy online here) 1. Selling Out Consumer Safety...

Long-Weekend Reading List

Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics


Andrea Batista Schlesinger

This list features some of the "can't miss" books, studies and reports that you just may have accidentally missed. So here are our suggestions for inspired holiday reading.

The Ten Best Public Policies of 2007

Andrea Batista Schlesinger | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics


Andrea Batista Schlesinger

From DMI's Year In Review 2007 1. Arbitrary Dispute Resolution The Seventh Amendment hasn't been repealed. So how did Americans lose the right to tr...


 

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