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Who Reported It First? Who Cares?
Can we talk about the nonsense of caring about which news outlet first reports a big piece of news? I’m not talking about a genuine scoop—a report that wouldn’t have otherwise come to light—but about news that we’re all eventually going to find out anyway. Who Mitt Romney selects to be his running-mate, for instance, or whether the Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate. READ MORE >>
The Two-Candidate Race Has Finally Arrived
Form and Fortune
Steve Jobs By Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster, 627 pp., $35) I. READ MORE >>
Religious Institutions Matter. So Do Their Employees.
Colonizing The Moon: Not Totally Crazy?
Last night’s GOP debate featured an argument over an unusual topic: Newt Gingrich’s recent call for colonizing the moon. Lunar colonies, another one of Newt’s “big ideas,” were decried as a silly waste of money by Mitt Romney, who said that he would fire any subordinate who approached him with such a suggestion. Are lunar settlements a good idea? READ MORE >>
How Does Marriage Equality Affect Same-Sex Couples?
On January 1st, Hawaii and Delaware began to offer same-sex civil unions. That brings the number of states recognizing same-sex civil unions to five. Meanwhile, six states and Washington, D.C. now allow same-sex marriage. What impact has marriage equality had on same-sex couples? READ MORE >>
The Enablers Of A Campaign Falsehood
Here is what President Obama said on Saturday while speaking to business leaders at the APEC summit in Hawaii when asked by a moderator about impediments to foreign investment in the U.S.: READ MORE >>
The GOP’s Plan to Take Education Policy Back to the Early 1990s
Everybody hates the No Child Left Behind Act. In the last few weeks, both conservative Republicans and President Obama have announced plans to overhaul George W. Bush’s signature education law by sending power over K-12 schooling back to the states. On the surface, this might seem like a rare moment of bipartisan consensus. Don’t believe it. The two plans actually represent radically different views of the federal government’s responsibility for helping children learn. READ MORE >>
