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Keep the Change: Why Obama Has No Use for Platinum Coins
Why won't Obama use the platinum coin? Maybe because he thinks he'll prevail without it.
Why the Anti-SOPA Band Hasn't Gotten Back Together
Last year, an unlikely coalition emerged to preserve Internet freedom. Where has it been since then?
Nate Silver and the Future of Prediction
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don’t Normal.dotm 0 0 1 2291 13064 sunlight foundation 108 26 16043 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-f
Why Is Ben Bernanke The Only Man in Washington Who Cares About Jobs?
JARED BERNSTEIN, a Washington wonk and former economic adviser to Joe Biden, recently posed an interesting question. Why is it, Bernstein asked on his blog, that the only part of the government acting with any urgency to ease joblessness—the economic problem affecting the greatest number of Americans—is the unelected Federal Reserve? Bernstein was referring to Chairman Ben Bernanke’s announcement that the Fed would keep interest rates close to zero as long as unemployment remained above 6.5 percent.
From Jukeboxes to YouTube: How Billboard Is Catching Up With The Times
How Rick Perry–Mr. "Oops"–Helped Kill the Romney Campaign
"I Thought We’d Already Answered That Question": Will Politicians Keep Talking About Climate Change?
Sandy might mark the beginning of an important shift in the political dynamic around climate change.
