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Two Percent Ain't Good Enough

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, Education, California, Children, Usc, Public Education, Foster Care, Los Angeles, Relationships, Living News
Daniel Heimpel

Within 18 months of leaving the system, 1/4 of children in foster care will have been incarcerated, 1/5 will have experienced homelessness and 1/3 will suffer major depression.

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Our Ambivalence With the Arts Makes Bad Education and Economic Policy

Dylan Kendall | Posted 10.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, Poverty, Economy, Arts Education, Creative Technologies, No Child Left Behind, Army, Hollywood, Usc, Living News
Dylan Kendall

No Child Left Behind, which bases educational success on reading and math testing, leaves little time for arts education, first in California and now in the nation at large.

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Health Care Reform: Still An Original And Simple Proposal

Dr. Paul Toffel | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: University of Chicago Medical Center, Senator Max Baucus, Dr. Paul Toffel, Usc, Gang of Six, Health Insurance, Senate Finance Commitee, Healthcare, Insurance Companies, Obama Health Care, Health Insurance Industry, Insurance Industry, Politics News, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Geico, Warren Buffett, Los Angeles Times, Health Care Reform, University of Chicago, Health Action, Keck School of Medicine, Paul Toffel, Politics News
Dr. Paul Toffel

Whose plan gets my nod, for bipartisan reality and feasibility, to save and improve our unique, innovative American health care system and not saddle our country with unsustainable debt? I vote for Senator Max Baucus.

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An Open Letter to Warren Buffett on Health Care: We Need You!

Dr. Paul Toffel | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: University of Chicago Medical Center, Dr. Paul Toffel, Usc, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Insurance Companies, Obama Health Care, Health Insurance Industry, Insurance Industry, Politics News, Universal Health Care, National Debt, Health Care, Geico, Warren Buffett, Los Angeles Times, Health Care Reform, University of Chicago, Health Action, Keck School of Medicine, Paul Toffel, Politics News
Dr. Paul Toffel

Mr. Buffett, you're not in the health insurance market, but this might be the opportunity to bring your successful Berkshire companies to the table, to help solve the major issue of our time.

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Health-Care Reform: Common Sense Proposals Lawmakers Should Consider

Dr. Paul Toffel | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Paul Toffel, Usc, Mayo Clinic, Medicaid, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Insurance Companies, Obama Health Care, Health Insurance Industry, Insurance Industry, Politics News, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Geico, Public Option, Los Angeles Times, Medicare, Health Care Reform, Health Action, Keck School of Medicine, Paul Toffel, Politics News
Dr. Paul Toffel

My plan is to mandate that the 159 urban medical schools in the U.S. -- remembering that "school" is in their name -- be required to serve the population within their shadows.

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Health-Care Reform: An Original And Simple Proposal

Dr. Paul Toffel | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dr. Paul Toffel, Health Insurance Industry, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Usc, Obama Health Care, Insurance Industry, Geico, Keck School of Medicine, Health Care Reform, Los Angeles Times, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Healthcare, Paul Toffel, University of Chicago, University of Chicago Medical Center, Health Action, Politics News
Dr. Paul Toffel

Recently, when an old friend asked me if I had a simple solution for the medical insurance and access problems on the front pages of America's newspapers, I told him: "Yes, I do."

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Tim Floyd Leaves USC Just Ahead Of The Firing Squad

Paula Duffy | Posted 07.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: NCAA Rules, Tim Floyd, Usc, College Basketball, Sports News, Entertainment News
Paula Duffy

In the statement about his retirement, Floyd said he could no longer give "full enthusiasm" to the responsibilities of a Division I coach.

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Moonshadows: Part 4

Grant Whitney Harvey | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living

Read More: West Coast, Moonshadows, Usc, Malibu, California, Grant Whitney Harvey, Mammoth Mountain, Sailing, Novella, Living News
Grant Whitney Harvey

Unlike the suddenness and great contrast that Billy had experienced before, the turnover from spring to summer at USC seemed to overlap as smoothly as...

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Moonshadows: Part 3

Grant Whitney Harvey | Posted 06.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Sigma Nu, Novelette, Malibu, Grant Whitney Harvey, Sailing, Mammoth, Moonshadows, Usc, Literature, Western, Skiing, California, Living News
Grant Whitney Harvey

Suddenly, his heart jumped and his breath slipped, a reaction to which he responded somewhat shocked. He felt caught. He felt as guilty as ever.

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Moonshadows: Part 2

Grant Whitney Harvey | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Nevada, Fiction, Sigma Nu, Sailing, Grant Whitney Harvey, Malibu, Moonshadows, Billy Gladsten, Usc, Reno, California, Western Literature, Novelette, Living News
Grant Whitney Harvey

All day he had been readying himself for an encounter with her. But now, in the suddenness of it all, every bit of preparation was out the window.

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Moonshadows: Part 1

Grant Whitney Harvey | Posted 05.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Fiction, Sailing, Grant Whitney Harvey, Malibu, West Coast, Billy Gladsten, Hollywood, Usc, Mammoth, California, Reno Nevada, Books, Moonshadows, Living News
Grant Whitney Harvey

I Never in his twenty three years of life had Billy Gladsten made so much money. It afforded him a roomy one-bedroom apartment in Westwood, of all p...

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Yelling "FIRE!" in an Empty Theater

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Greg Palast, Andrew Meyer, Usc, Media News, John Ziegler, Media Bias, John Ennis, Sarah Palin, Media News
John Wellington Ennis

I encourage everyone to freely review all speech from everywhere, and then reach their own independent, informed decisions about how big of an embarrassment John Ziegler really is.

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Does the First Amendment Protect the Right to Be a Dumbass?

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 05.20.2009 | Media

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John Wellington Ennis

In being confrontational with cameras, there is a fine line between making a point and looking like a dumbass, John Ziegler. When you are up close to cops, security, or soldiers, and they say don't film, they mean it.

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Follow the Fear

Mike Bonifer | Posted 04.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Mike Myers, Optimism, Potential, Improvisation, Gamechangers, Usc, Business, Productivity, Networked World, Bill Murray, Ted Turner, Del Close, Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Fear, Tina Fey, Economy, Recovery, Environment, Living News
Mike Bonifer

Do what makes you uneasy. Do the thing that scares you most. There, you will discover new worlds. Follow the fear. Out of it, you will grow.

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Convention Watch at USC Annenberg

Rebecca Shapiro | Posted 10.04.2008 | Home

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Rebecca Shapiro

HuffPost's OffTheBus is teaming up with USC Annenberg's Center on Communication Leadership and the Institute for Photographic Empowerment to support...

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When Is A Republican In College Not A College Republican? Ask CNN

Los Angeles Times | Andrew Malcolm | Posted 08.02.2008 | Media

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The president of the College Republicans at the University of Southern California is charging that CNN used a "fake College Republican" in its broadca...

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