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Defusing the Infidels Among Us
Written by: Tom Jacobs, Monday 10 November 2008 - 09:11 AM 
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A Miller-McCune interview with Mark Juergensmeyer, author of Global Rebellion: Religious Challenges to the Secular State
Spring Forward … Fall Out of Office?
Written by: Lindsey McCormack, Saturday 01 November 2008 - 12:01 PM 0 Comments
The impassioned arguments around Daylight Savings Time generate a lot of energy
Market Failure
Written by: Ryan Blitstein, Saturday 27 September 2008 - 07:00 AM 0 Comments
Two professors explain why small government, loose regulations and an over-reliance on markets eventually cost taxpayers.
DTV Transition Crisis Looms, Senator Says
Written by: William Yelles, Wednesday 24 September 2008 - 15:29 PM 0 Comments
The digital television switchover may rival the current financial markets crisis weighing on Americans' minds, Sen. Daniel Inouye warned Tuesday.
The Catch-22 of Welfare to Work
Written by: Anne B. Shlay and Marsha Weinraub, Wednesday 27 August 2008 - 07:00 AM 0 Comments
The government provides billions of dollars in child care subsidies to help move welfare recipients into the work force. Here’s the catch: To get the subsidies, people transitioning off welfare need to have a job already.
Britain’s UFOs (Uncovered Factual Objects) Sighted
Written by: Sara Barbour, Friday 20 June 2008 - 05:00 AM 0 Comments
The U.K.'s Freedom of Information Act used to pry the lid off a festering document horde from Britain's own version of Project Blue Book.
Nation Not Yet Tuning in Digital Television
Written by: William Yelles, Wednesday 18 June 2008 - 09:53 AM 0 Comments
The digital television transition is under way, but so far it is not going smoothly. Now the presumed presidential nominees are weighing in.
America’s Stealth Industrial Policy
Written by: Fred Block, Friday 30 May 2008 - 16:05 PM 0 Comments
Free marketers want the government off business's back, notes a University of California sociologist, but they may not realize how much of the spine is government funded.
Should the Government Make Us Happy?
Written by: Ryan Blitstein, Monday 19 May 2008 - 12:25 PM 3 Comments
In Europe and elsewhere, governments are using ideas from the new science of well-being to try to make citizens more content. Will America follow their lead?
Should the Government Make Us Happy?
Written by: Ryan Blitstein, Monday 19 May 2008 - 05:00 AM 2 Comments
In Europe and elsewhere, governments are using ideas from the new science of well-being to try to make citizens more content. Will America follow their lead?
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