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What College Students Don’t Know
Every fall the professors at Beloit College publish their Mindset List, a dictionary of all the deeply ingrained cultural references that will make no sense to the bright-eyed students of the incoming class. It’s a kind of time travel, to remind us how far we’ve come
The Future of Innovation: Can America Keep Pace?
“The first step to winning the future is encouraging American innovation.” That was Barack Obama in his State of the Union address last January, when he hit the theme repeatedly, using the word innovation or innovate 11 times. And on this issue, at least, Republicans seem in sync with Obama
The Drug War Bogs Down
It is lunchtime in New York City’s Chelsea district, and Barry, a young drug dealer, is out on the streets hawking his wares. Business is good
A Brief History of Gays in the Military
In his first State of the Union address, President Obama declared that he would work to “finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are.” Though a June 2009 Gallup poll showed that 69% of Americans support allowing gays and lesbians to serve in the military, repealing “Don’t ask, don’t tell” will take more than a declaration — it will take an act of Congress.
The Politics of Arizona’s Great Divide
Arizona and its most watched-over daughter, Gabby Giffords, easily had the largest presence at the State of the Union address.
The Way We Weren’t
A few weeks before Captain George S. James sent the first mortar round arcing through the predawn darkness toward Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861, Abraham Lincoln cast his Inaugural Address as a last-ditch effort to win back the South.
Data Mining: How Companies Know Your Personal Information
Three hours after I gave my name and e-mail address to Michael Fertik, the CEO of Reputation.com, he called me back and read my Social Security number to me.
Obama ‘Surprised and Deeply Humbled’ by Nobel Peace Prize
President Barack Obama said he’s “surprised and deeply humbled” to receive the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize and will travel to Norway in December to accept the honor.
Father, kids in custody case Japanese citizens, officials say
The case of a Tennessee man jailed in Japan for trying to snatch back his children from his estranged wife is not as clear-cut as it’s been made out to be, authorities here said Wednesday.